St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-10


"a, 1901, and at the removal of Rev.
Father T. Aubin to England Sept. 8,
1903, he was made parish priest.
Will Not Try Waterman Case.
In all probability the Waterman
poisoning case will not be considered by
the Essex County Court, which is in SEES
sion at Guildhall. 1t is understood that
the defense is ready for trial, but the
state has signifed its intention ofrequest-
ing further continuance The case was
widely discussed in this state more than
year ago. Robert Waterman of Vic
tory was arrested and later indicted for
murder in the first degree. This pro-
cedure followed the investigation into
the sudden death of the prisoners three
year-old daughter, Lila. 1t was alleged
that two wives of the prisoner and four
OF the children had died suddenly and
under suspicious circumstances within
few years. 1t developed that the little
girl had drank poison and it was alleged
that the father administered it:
State Jr. o. q. Am.
Nearly 100 members of the order at
tended the 18th annual session of the
Junior Order United American Mechan-
les at Glover last Wednesday. The mem
bers met at 8 o'clock for social hour
and the business of the session opened at
10. At the morning session IS past
councillors were admitted to the state
council These officers were elected for
the year: State councillor, w. E. Gid
dings of Springfield; state vice councillor,
w. H. Jeffrey of East Burke, Junior past
councillor, c. w. Coffrin af Lyndon; state
council secretary, A. E. White of Montpe-
lier, state council treasurer, c. ]. King of
Glover; state council constable, l.. w.
Gray of Lyndon, state council warden, ].
w. Noble of Hardwick; state council sem
tinels, H. w. Gibson of Windsor and G.
w. Eggleston of East Burke; state coun-
I Gil chaplain, A. M. Lang of Sheffield;
state council trustee, 6. O. Farr.. The
representatives to the national council at
Boston are G. w. Cofrin of Lyndon and
Geo. W. Young of st. Johnsbury. The
district deputies were as follows: Dis
trict No. /, Fred Day, D. S c. of Wheel
ock; district No. 2, Geo. w. Young, D. S,
c.; district No. 8, 6. H. Wood, D. S. c.,
of Montpelier; district No. 4, c. c. Cut
Ter, D. S. c. of Springfield; district No. s
N. H. Drew, D. S. c. of Glover George
w. Young of st. Johhsbury was named
for deputy national councillor, but de
clined the honor and Dr. S. A. Jones O
Sheffield was named in his place. TIL,
next state council will be held at Mont
pelier. On the evening previous to th'
convention the Lyndon team gave {
splendid exhibition of the degree work
followed by a banquet by Orleans Coun
; Gil, No. 40.
Ran Seven Miles to Find Pocketbook.
Isaac Levin of Chelsea had an expert
ence recently that he will not soon for
get. While on the way from Rutland t
! Bellows Falls, he took out his money OF
the rear platform of the car to count it
,, The wallet, containing. $1040, droppec
from his hands to the track. He pleade'
to the conductor to stop the train, bu
without avail. AS soon as the train al
, rived at Bellows Falls he started run
. ming up the track, and after sprintin
, about seven miles succeeded in findin
his pocketbook, with the money intact