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


pounds. Reed made no secret of his act,
but exhibited his prize in the village and
said that he had killed the big fish because
it was eating the small brook trout. He
then preferred charges against himself
with the result as shown above.
Rutland Y. M. C. A.
Owing to Discrimination of citizens to
| give proper support, the Young Mems
Christian Association of Rutland has
had to close its doors $500 in debt. The
association was sufferer to a consider
able extent in the $5OO,O0O fire last
February, losing all its paraphernalia
when the rented quarters it occupied
burned. For several months 1nterna-
tional secretary c. K. ODER and State
secretary F. S. Morrison have been
working to raise money for modern
home for the association, but they have
announced that the effort is useless at
present and have abandoned it. General
secretary ]. Frank Leonard has gone to
Winsted, Ct, to take up association
work. The debt is due to keeping open
the temporary quarters.
Fish Building for Vermont.
Senator Redfeld Proctor has received a
letter from Hon. George M. Bowers, u.
S. Fish commissioner, relating to the
establishing of an auxiliary culture
station in Vermont. Congress has ap-
propriated $4,000 for the building of
the station, the site to be picked out by
the secretary of commerce and labor. In
order to best obtain the most desirable
site, it was decided to put the matter
before the public. The water supply is
most important in choosing a site.
Senator Proctor thinks that the station
can be built and would be of great adj
vantage to the state fisheries.
The date of the adjourned annual
meeting of the Vermont Historical So
ciety has been fixed for Friday, November
9, and jointTesolution has been adopt
ed by the House granting the use Of the
hall of the House of Representatives on
that evening for the anniversary exer
cises,
The trial calender for the October term
of supreme court, which convenes at
Montpelier, Tuesday, October %, has
been issued. 1t contains Sc cases, and
the assignment for the first weekincludes
cases from Windham, Orleans, Rutland,
Addison, Caledonia and Essex counties.
1t is expected the term will be of three
weeks duration.
George c. McCloy, well known in the
state as a politician, fell a victim of
heart trouble at his home at Rutland
last week Tuesday. He was staunch
republican. Mr.. McCloy was 4S years
old, born in Albany, N. Y, and had lived
in Rutland for Is years. He was con
nected with various secret and benevo-
lent orders and was for several years
employed by the Rutland Railroad com
pany.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Bible society will be held at the Y. M.
c. A. rooms in Montpelier, on Wednes-
day, October "a. The anniversary
exercises of this society were held Sum
day evening, in Bethany church, Mont
pelier, at which time the address was
given by Rev. George w. Hunt of St.
Albans district of the Vermont confer
ence.
Under the stamp saving system, which
is in use in the Bellows Falls public
schools, $50 pupils raised last year $500
10. Of $329.19 was put into the
savings bank. In the second and third
grades $4,000 was saved; in the ninth
grade $5.14 This shows that the
amounts saved are greater in the lower
grades.