St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17
SUTTON.
Fatal Accident,

Fatal ACCIDENT
Saturday morning John Hodge and a
; friend from Barton started out hunting,
cash having gun loaded heavily with
shot and ball. They were in the neigh
borhood where Sylvester Gray lives, and
in climbing fence John Hodge dis
charged his gun, the charge entering his
body under the arm near the shoulder,
shiverihg the bones and flesh in terri
BILE manner. They started for Mr.. Gray's
house, but he grew weak from the loss OF
blood. They called for help and Mr..
Gray heard them and went to their
assistance. They two carried Mr.. Hodge
village and telephoned to West Burke
for the doctor who came Immediately.
He telephoned to St. Johnsbury for a
doctor who arrived between II and ~
o'clock They could do nothing to save
Mr. Hodges life, and he died about
o'clock. He had no blood left in his
body, and his arm was so badly broken
that it could not have been saved, and
he was so weak that he would not have
lived to have had the arm taken off. He
was the oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. T.
Hodge of this town and was Is years of
age. The funeral service was held at the
church Monday afternoon, at 1 o'clock.
Mr.. Hodge was attending the school at
the village, and since Charles Aldrich's
accident had been boarding there and
doing Mr.. Aldrichs chores.
Rev. and Mrs. q. ]. Wheeler from Twin
Mountain, N. H., visited at H. A. Blake's
Monday afternoon and until Tuesday
noon. They were on their way to West
Charleston, their former field of labor,
and to attend the Wheelock Association
of Free Baptist churches this week. Mr..
and Mrs. Wheeler are old friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Blake and after some 16 years
of separation they are permitted to
meet again.
The next Grange social is to be Thurs
day evening An interesting program
is to be given and the usual good supper
will be served by the ladies ofthe Grange.
Services at the Union House church are
to be continued part of the time this
week and if the interest increases there
will be services every evening of the
week. There was large number for the
place present at the service Sunday after
noon and they had the privilege of hear
ing powerful sermon from the pastor.
There was a fair number at Grange
hall Monday evening October 8, to hear
the address of Ex-Governor c. ]. Bell,
Master of the state Grange. The adj
| dress was fine in every way, and all
could have listened to him an hour.
| Those that did not attend missed treat,
as there probably may not be chance
in this place to hear so good a talk again
this fall or winter.
]. E. Wentworth and daughter, Mrs.
Card, went to Boston on the excursion.
Ira Willard from Norwich, who came
with the remains of Jerry Hill, remained
in town over Sunday, calling on old
friends and reighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Pilbro from New
port Center, are visiting at E. A. Lafoe's.
Mrs. Lafoe is Mr.. Pilbro's mother.
Mrs. Maria Ruggles has gone to Lyn-
don for a few weeks visit with her
brothers folks, J. H. Hall and L. J. Hall,
and other friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Doud left for Bris-
toll, N. H., last week Tuesday, to visit
their son, DR.. A.. V. Doud. Mrs. Doud
intends to stay some weeks and Mr..
Doud will return home sooner.
Eddie Reece from Newport who works
for the B. & NJ Railroad Co., was in
town last week for short visit.
The selectmen are building over the
bridge, leading from the main road to
George Gilman's place near the old
Brockway carriage shop.
H. S. Chappell, from the North Ridge,
has moved his family to Sheffield, where
he has a job numbering for the winter.
Orrin McFarlin has finished work for
A. F. Stoddard on the North Ridge, and
is to move to Sheffield, where he has a
job at numbering for the winter.
Mrs. L. B. Wilson, who has been in
very poor health for some time, is not as
well.
A. F. Stoddard has sold his stock from
his farm on the North Ridge, and is to
close his house there for the winter and
move to the house owned by his wife on
the road from West Burke to Willoughby
Lake, near where the Howard meeting
house used to stand.
Charles Switser has bought Mrs. iona
than Dunsises place in Burke, on the
road from West Burke toward Lyndon
Consideration 5000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Batchelder and
three of their children, are very sick with
typhoid fever Mrs. Hiram Moulton is
helping care for them. They live on the
East Ridge in this town near West
Burke.
Mrs. W. B. Melcher went to St. Johns
bury to the hospital for an operation
which was performed last week. Mrs
Melcher is reported to be as comfortabl
as could be expected. They live on tn
: road below Sutton depot toward Yves
Burke.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. William Woodward from
I Newark are at work for Charles H
v Keller for the winter, on the South Ridge
A good company attended the huskiny
at w. A. Hanscom and sons THURSDAY
It night, and over 100 bushels of corn wer
husked. A good time is reported.
S, The Royal Month and the Royal Disease.
Sudden changes ofweather are especial
IN ly trying, and probably to none more Sc
than to the scrofulous and consumptive
The progress of scrofula during norma
October is commonly great. We never
think of scrofula-its punches, cutaneou.
eruptions, and wasting of the bodil,
r Observation-Disclosures thinking of the erea1