St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-05-16
VERMONT NEWS.
Military Order Loyal Legion.

Military Order OF the Loyal Legion, was
held in Burlington last week Tuesday
n;aht The members of the commandcry
aathered early in the evening in the
tsbe new rooms in the Fletcher
I;brary building and elected Off
cers for the ensuing year as follows
commander, Rear Admiral Charles E.
clark. U. S n, retired; senior vice COM
mander, Urban A. Woodbury., OF Burling.
ton. Junior vice-commander, A. c. Brown
NJ Montpelier; recorder, Henry o.
Wheeler, of Burlington; registrar, Carlos
u Williams, OF Burlington; treasurer,
Charles E Beach, OF Burlington; chancel-
IoT Curtis A. Hubbard, OF Burlington;
rbanlain, I. E. Goodrich OF Burlington;
council, Joseph H. Goulding, OF Whining.
ton. Hiram E. Perkins, OF St. Adams, ].
y. Lucia, OF Montpelier, Harley 6. Shell
don. OF West Rutland, James F. Hooker,
Of Brattleboro.
At the close of the business session the
companions adjourned to the Van N IS
house, where the 18th annual banquet
was served. Nearly so persons we're
present, Ex-Gov. E. J. Ormsbee, of Bran.
don, the retiring Commander, presided
and introduced The speakers. Rev. W.
5. Smart, OF Pitts6eld, Mass, was to
have been the speaker of the evening but
he was unable to attend and Prot. J. E.
Goodrich spoke in his place. ToAsts
we're responded to as follows: THE
Queen City of Vermont" Mayor James
{ Burke; THE Sword OF Gideor," Rev.
c. W. Brown; 1.-THE Colored Troops
Fought Nobly." Col. E. Henry Powell;
The Sinews of the War" the Hon. c.
H. Darling, collector of customs. Ex-.
Governor Woodbury. followed COllecto or
Darling and said that the commandery
was more indebted to Mayor Burke for
the handsome new quarters in the
Fletcher library than to any othtr man
in Burlington and he wished to extend
bis PERSONAL thanks to him.
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society,
At tie S0th annual meeting of the
Congregational Home Missionary So
ciety at Oak Park, H., Wednesday, the
following report OF the Vermont auxlli
ary was presented by its secretary, Rev
DR.. c. II. Merrill of St. JohnsburN:
The signs OF spiritual awakening Tore
shadowed last year find their counter
part this year in a marked advance IN
nearly all directions. Three new chuf ches
have been formed under most favorable
auspices. Two OF them unite in their
membership all the Chris ian forces o.
their locality, and the other is fruitagt
OF field long cultivated. Additions tc
the church on confession are larger thar
for many years. An unusually efficient
force OF young men from the seminariv:
worked IN some oil the smaller fields last
summer, and developed unexpected
potentialities. The ministerial supply
through the year, while not fully meet
ing demands, has shown improvement.
Ia the matter OF finances, while th'
gifts from the living as yet increase bu
slowly, there has been relatively larg'
income from legacies and the lapse o
annuities, enabling the society the frs
time in several years to send on some
thing for the relief of the natlona
treasury. The trust funds which tn
society held Tor the benefit of specified
churches, have also been largely increased
n during the year. One church building
has been erected to take the place OF on
lost by fire. another is in the process Q
building, and there has been an improve
ment in church property in larg
number OF instances.
The force OF women workers wit
some change in personnel remains abou
the same as OF late years. The tendenc
continues to retain their services TO
longer periods OF time, and give tn
work more OF a pastoral than a
evangelisIic character.
The year Of the society has bee
4 changed to correspond with the nationf
4 organization, and in some other respect
i the constitution has been amended t
j CONFORM with the new order proposed.
i Fire in Barre.
For the second time in three years tt
q Qunlin building on Main street, Barr
4 has been Quilted by fire, this time til
N damage to all concerned being estimate
q at $4,000. A blaze was discovered earl
last week Tuesday morning in tn
q Granite City Restaurant conduct d b
Mrs. David Taylor. When the hrema
arrived at the scene they found tt
husband of the proprietor in the kitche
with the door locked. He was told
unlock the door but claimed he could nj
ind the key. The door was prompt
broken open. Taylor was arrested on
charge OF fntoxicatioH and was taken
the lookup. 1t is not known how tt
originated. O J Dodge, jeweler, has
small loss, and F. H. Rogers & CO
# clothing dealers, who carried $40, O(
stock, had it badly wet down.
Vermonters i'm Kansas.
Those who were born in Vermont, b
now claim Kansas as their home, al
more specifically live in Topek
gathered about banquet table at t
WV. c. A., room recently, for the sa
OF Aud Lang Syue." 1t was just a b
81 jolly reunion of the Green Mounta
boys and girls OF that city. Everyt
hailed back the merry-makers to tn
III beloved mountain state. The eat
decoration and arrangement gave t
@ ttii,ct that big out.of- door p'cnic W
being held. The idea was unique a
something decidedly original. Tope
isa great banqueting town, and gre
similarity is always had in such iul
tions. But the Green Mountain Ell
grants lived up to their reputation a
nxed up something new Among t
impfomptu speakerswere E. B. Merria
pleasantly remembered as former m
Cnant in st. Johnsbury, and Charles
0leed, one OF Topeka's leading lawye
and former Morrisville boy.
Boston VermOnttrs.