St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-04-25
VERMONT NEWS.
steamer TicOnderoga Launched.

steamer TicOnderOga Launched.
The new steamer Ticonderoga, to cost
$4,000, was successfully launched at
the ship yards of the Champlain Trans.
nortation company at Shelburne Harbor
Wednesday afternoon in the presence of
fnlly 1000 people. The steamer was
named by Miss Helen Lyman, daughter
ofMr. and Mrs. Elias Lyman OF Burling-
ION who broke bottle of wine over the
steamers bow with malet turned
rom a plank from the hull OF the old
steamer Vermont and tied with red,
white and blue ribbon, suit ably lettered.
The malIet and neck Of the bottle were
presented to Miss Lyman by Manager
Loomis as souvenir of the occasion.
The steamer is 20 feet longer than the
Cbateaugay and AZ feet shorter than the
new Vermont. The Vermont cost
100000 and the. Chateaugay 100000
The interior finish will be of butternut
with cherry trimmings and she will be
steered and heated by steam, and lighted
BY electricity. Her carrying capacity is
1900 passengers.
SChOolmasters' Club.
About so members OF the Vermont
Sehoolmasters' club met at the Van Ness
House Burlington, Friday evening for
banquet and discussion OF matters OF in
terest to educators. The speaker OF the
evening was DR.. George A. Locke. M. D.
Chittenden, principal OF the Bellows Free
Academy at Fairfax and president OF the
Schoolmasters' club, was POSTMASTER.
President M. Fl. Buckham, of the Univer.
sty OF Vermont, Burlington, responded
10 the sentiment "The Schoolmaster as
a Public Man; and Hon. Mason s.
Stone OF Montpelier, state superintendent
of education, had for his sentimen ut Boys
and Girls the Men and Women OF
Great Tomorrow" The committee ap.
pointed year ago to make report
with reference to courses of study for
high schools, had a preliminary report
prepared and this was generally discuss
ed the object being to get Uniform sys
TEN throughout the state, this object to
be obtained probably by an act OF the
legislature.
Post Office Robbed.
Burglars. undoubtedly professionals,
robbed the postoffice at Norton, Friday
night. They first broke into the black
smith shop and secured tools and then
visited the Nelson company's store, fore
ing the front door. The postoffice and
the town records were in the store. The
safe was blown open by nitro-glycerine,
damaging the store and completely
wrecking the safe. The store is located
halt in the states and half in Canada.
The safe was blown clear to the Can
adam side. The burglars secured Only
$40 in pennies from the postoffice funds.
Watches and other articles were removed
from the show cases. The town records
were badly torn by the blast. The
burglars expected to secure town and
postoffice funds but these were not kept
in the store.
Mrs. DIckerman's Requests.
The will CT Mrs. J. E. Dickerman of
Newport, who died April 10, contains
beside many private requests. the follow
ing public ones: To the Congregational
churches, Derby, West Charleston and
Newport, the sum of $4,000 each, to be
known as the Dickerman fund, the
interest only to be devoted to support
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the church; to the Newport church the
additional sum OF $4,000, provided the
church shall adopt the plan OF free
sittings. To the Ladies Aid society at
Newport, $1,000; to Congregational
Home Missionary society, $4,000; to the
American Board OF Foreign Mission,
$4,000; to the Kurn. Hartin Homes for
Boys, $4,000.
New Variety of Granite.
Outcroppings of mica white granite
with pink tinge have been found west
OF Bethel. Options have been obtained
on several farms by J. S. Young and as
soon as the frost permits operations of
prospecting will begin. Some farms in
the vein have not yet been secured for
developing granite. The granite IS
whittier than the Bethel white" The
ledge is of boulder formation while the
Bethel white" is in sheets. II found asex.
ptcted it is quite probable the White
River National Banks new building will
be built from it.
The Easter day collection at the Con-
gregational church, Mortified, amounted
to $411.51. The following day the pas
tor received an additional sum of $40
and pledges have been given to the
amount OF $144. Previous to that time
the fund for new parsonage had been
started and the total is now $S47.
A further examination of the report OF
J. E. Cushman, state tax commissioner,
shows that during the past year S54
corporations have turned into the state
treasury sol $50 65. Of this sum. the
arrears in license fees brought in $10,-
1914; current license fees, SIC, 492, 81;
and charter taxes, 1925. Nine corpo-
ratiors paid license fees but failed to pay
arrearages amounting to $500, and
probably will test the validity of the
ruling of Atty.-Gen. c. c. Fits in the
matter.
The jury returned a verdict of $4,000
for the plaintiff IN the case OF George I.
Shanks, of South Londonderry, admins
traitor of the Almar ". Shattuck estate,
against the Central Vermont railway
company. Mr.. Shattuck was killed in
August, 1905, when his engine went
down an embankment and he was
caught and scalded to death.
Col. Merit Barber U. S. A.. retired
and one of the most prominent men in
The service, from which he retired SIX
years ago by reason OF the age limit
died at his home in Watervlet, N. Y,
thursday, aged 6S years.
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