St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-03-21
VERMONT NEWS.
Vermont Conference at MorrisyiII,

OO~~~SA SAASC
The program for the Vermont Meth.
odist Conference, which will convene at
Morrisville Wednesday morning, April
IS, while not complete 10 all its details,
has been tentatively arranged. Bishop
]. W. Hamilton will preside. His episco-
pal residence is in California. He is well
known throughout New England. At
one time he was member OF the New
England Conference. and pastor of the
Peoples church in Boston. Wednesday
afternoon the missionary sermon will be
preached By Rev. I. T. Yerkes, of White
River Junction. Wednesday evening will
be the anniversary of the Education So.
ciety. Rev DR.. W. F. Anderson, of New
York, and others will speak. Thursday
afternoon the anniversaries of the Sun
day School Union and Tract Society will
be beld. In the evening the missionary
anniversary will be observed, the speaker
being Rev. DR.. E NJ. Taylor. The ami
versary of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society will be held in the after
noon. In the evening the anniversaries
of the Freedman's Aid, Southern Educa-
ton, and the Church Extension Societies
will be observed. The speakers will be
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James M. King. Saturday afternoon the
anniversaries of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society and of the Deaconess
Work will be observed. lecture will be
given by Bishop Hamilton Saturday
evening.
Pension Office Changes,
Hugh Henry OF Chester pension agent
for the district of Vermont and New
Hampshire, will soon have completed his
eight-year term in this Office and be fol-
lowed by Grovenor A. Curtice of Con-
toocook. During the eight years OF
Judge Henry's incumbency there have
been some marked changes in the affairs
of the office. At the beginning of his
term there were in the two states 1896
pensioners. This number has been
gradually decreased until today there are
about 16 400. During the first few years
the falling off was comparatively small,
but the last two years have seen the roll
dwindle rapidly.
The expenditures for the year ending at
the time Judge Henry assumed office
were $3014, 14S 90. Last year they
were $2,63S 446.90. In 1898 Vermont
had 635 pensioners and now has 1854.
The pension agency has one distinction
not possessed by any other in the United
States. 1t has on its rolls the widow OF
Revolutionary soldier, Mrs. Esther II.
Damon, widow OF Noah Damon, of Ply.
mouth Union. She is 81 years old. In
addition to her government pension, the
Vermont Daughters OF the Revolution
have also voted her a monthly al
lowance. Mrs. Damon's husband was
private serving in a Massachusetts COM
mand tor about 20 months.
During his two terms as pension agent,
Judge Henry has made Concord. N. H.,
his residence, and the people there general
ly regret that he has decided to return to
his former home in Vermont, when his
official duties are brought to close.
Retty Green May Come Back.
The Boston Post recently contained an
article on Hetty Green in which it was
stated that Mrs. Green was about to re.
turn to Bellows Falls and quit the pur-
suit OF gold, making Bellows Falls her
home. some parts OF the article, which
follow, may be a revelation to those
very close to the interests OF Mrs. Green"
says The Bello Tvs Falls Times; AT the
top of the rise Of Westminster street as
one comes from the depot, and command
ing one of the most beautiful views from
the city, is the yellow painted brick house
in which Hetty Green spent her earliest
married days and in which her son and
daughter were born. This winter, as in
many years past, the old home has been
closed tightly, every window shattered.
lust at the rear OF the house and in full
view from the street is the barn, connect.
ed with the estate, which caught fire a
few years ago and was saved by the
fremen. Residents OF the city are now
convinced that she never intended to let
the old place 60 from her control and are
hoping that the homecoming OF the
widowed Croesus will mean the repairing
and establishment otthe property that it
sadly lacks"
Want Trout Fishing Season Shortened.
: Vermont sportsmen are interested in
a measure to be taken before the state
: legislature next fall by hotel men for the
repeal OF law, passed in 1904, which
cuts the month of August from the trout
,, fishing season. Sportsmen favor the
shorter season, because in August trout
: are nearly ready TO spawn, and are TOO
, easily caught in the small streams where
they make their spawning beds. Hotel
i proprietcrs, however, are fighting the
law, because August is the month when
! the largest percentage OF city pit o ole come
to this state tor trout fishing. The legls-
lature favored innkeepers in Benningt on
county by allowing the longer season
there, where the largest summer hotels
are located, but the hotel men in other
D parts OF the state are all the more up in
q arms on that account.
t 10 Represent Vermont.
? II. S. Howard, treasurer OF the Society
. of Colonial Wars tor the State Of
Vermont, received notification Saturday
from Secretary. General S. V. Hoffman Of
:. New York city that Governor.Genera
), Snowden OF Boston had appointed him g
4 member of the general committee al
the 30Olh anniversary OF Americas first
; permanent white settlement which is c
! be held at Norfolk, Va, April &C. 1907
: The act of Congress passed on March 8
> 1905, provided Tor the eltbration OF the
I birth OF the American nation, the first
l. permanent settlement OF English speak
{ ing people on the Western Hemisphere
: by holding oil an International naval
J, marine and military celebration in the
t vicinity of Jamestown, on the waters o