St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-02-07

who had the affair in charge for the
actual costs have now been made known
and are 81 25S51 or less than half the
appropriation.
Commercial Travellers TO Meet.
The annual meeting OF the Grand
Council OF New England, United Com
mercial Travellers of America, will be
held in Burlington, May 25 and &c.
The New England councils to be repre-
sented in the coming meeting. beside the
Burlington council, are Boston, Provi-
dence, R. l.. Worcester, Mass, Portland,
Me, Bngor, Me. Manchester, N. H
and S.. Johnsbury. Degree work will be
pei forme | in addition to the other work
which will be taken up. The visitors
will be taken to Fort Ethan Allen the
afternoon of Friday, May 25, and the
following day the steamer Vermont will
be chartered tor trip on the lake. A
banquet will be served on board the
boat.
Death of Native Vermont err.
News has been received OF the death in
Ha,poot, Turkey, Of Mrs. Edward F.
Carey wife OF the Rev. Mr.. Carey, Dec.
ember 6, after brief illness. Mrs.
Carey was well known in Mortified and
WiIIiamslown. She was daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Simonds and a
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Lynde, OF Wtliamstown. Professor Carey
was a graduste of the University OF
Michigan, Ann Arbor, and also of the
Audover Theological School in Massa-
chusetts. He married Mss Simonds in
1901 and they went as missionaries for
The American board to Harpoot in
eastern Turkey, where he is president of
the theological school. Mrs. Carey had
charge OF Armenian women who do lace
work in the mission at Harpoot, and she
also taught drawing,
Cattle Dealer Settles.
BY an agreemt MT reached in the appeal
OF j. S. Henry, OF Watertowp, Mass, in
the matter OF his claim against the
Gorge H. Phillips estate hearing
which probably would have consumed
five or SIX weeks was avoided Mr.. Henry
grees to pay the estate $4,000. Mr..
Henry and Mr.. Phillips were cattle
dealers. Their dealings covered period
oil 20 ears and amounted on both sides
To 81 $50 600 and during that time the
accounts never were figured up. After
Mr.. Phillips died Mr.. Henry presented
claim for $11 600 against the estate.
The commissioners disallowed it and
decided that Mr.. Henry owed the estate
SIS, 400.
Vermont Mutual Wins Case.
The Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
Company has won test case in suprt me
court. The court ordered an entry of
judgment reversed and tor the defendant
to recover his costs in the case of Walter
H. and Florence Seymour, appetite s
against the Vermont Mutual Fire Insur.
ance Company. Ills was case in
which the plaintiff sought to recover for
damages done by the explosion OF the
boiler used for heating in a building in
81. Adams. The Vermont Mutual in
common with several othtr companies
involved,did net believe themselves liable
aud test was made on this case. The
insurance companies won by the decision
The sum OF money involved was but
slight.
B. IL N. Pension Plan.
Following the plan OF a number of the
leading reilroad companiss Of the couu.
try, the Boston & Meine has given favor
Il BILE consideration to the establishment
OF pension system for such of its en-
ployts as shall have given 80 years of
service, and who have reached the age OF
60. i fttt d to perform duty beyond
that age they will be continued until they
reach 65 After retirement they may en-
gage in some other occupation, except
the sale OF intoxicating liquors. At a
conference with committee represent
ing the men the companN's proposition
was excepted, and will be Immediately
submitted to the employees.
Rural Free Delivery.
A statement issued by the fourth as.
sistant postmaster-gereral shows the
following with regard to rural tree deliv-
cry routes: Total number Of petitions
referred. 81 $685. number OF adverse re-
ports, IS $40; routes in operation June
30 last, 80 055 routes in operation Feb.
last "a 93S; petitions Eeudipg Feb. l
last 3468. o. the 3468 petitions pend
ing 222 have been assigned for establish
meut, leaving 3246 Enacted upon Feb. l,
1906
jeremiah Dckerman, of Newport, a
prominent lawyer of Orleans county,
died Friday, aged 7S years. A wife who
is in tteble health, survives him. He was
at one time a member OF the firm OF
Edwards and Dickerman, and later OF
he firm of Edwards, Dickerman and
Y uug.
The Loyal Club of White River Juno
ton, composed entirely of women whose
purpose it is to beautity that village and
secure proper observance OF Memorial
day, has filed articles of incorporation in
| the Office OF the secretary OF state at
| Mon pelier.
The c. H. Grant Granite Co., Brattle.
boro, drew big granite block to the
Valley tair grounds Friday. The block
will mark the site ofthe old camp ground,
and will be erected by the Daughters OF
the Revolution. the United States
Daughters OF 1912, the Grand Army,
Woman's Relief Corps, and citizens.
News was received in Bennington on
January 80 of the death in a hospital at
Panama from malarial fever, OF Albert
D. Spencer, aged 60 years. His where
abouts had been unknown tor several
years until the announcement came. He
was an uncle of Mrs. c. yelling Thatcher
OF Bennington and veteran of the civil
war, having served three years in the
Bennington company OF the LIST VT.
cavalry. He was in the soldiers home tor
several Years leaving it in 1900