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

ham, ofSt Johnsbury, ]. G. Bellrose, of
Burlington, w. F. Root, of Brattleboro,
and D. F. Davis, of Barre, the new men,
Der of the board. w. R. Warner, of Yer
gennes, is i'll and was unable to pres
ent. At meeting of the board held
Wednesday evening a discussion was
held in regard to several bills regulating
the examination of candidates and regu-
lar pharmacy laws which will be intro
duced into the present legislature. There
were several candidates for the examina-
tons, but only one, Charles w. Flint of
st. Johnsbury, was successful.
Fish and Game Speaker.
H. G. Thomas, state fish and game
commissioner, has received letter from
T. S. Palmer, of Washington, in charge
of the game preservation department of
the bureau of biological survey of the
United States department of agriculture,
announcing that he would be pleased to
attend the annual meeting of the Yer
mont Fish and Game League in Mont
peler the evening of November 1. He
will make the principal address.
States Oldest Minister.
Rev. Almon Shepard, 95 years old the
oldest active minister of any denomina-
ton in the state, is i'll at his home in
Tunbridge stricken with paralysis. He
took prominent part very recently in
the communion service at the Free Bap-
fist quarterly meeting at East Randolph.
FIR. Gaffney's Will.
The will of the late Rev. T. ]. Gaffney,
the we'll known Catholic clergyman of
Rutland, who recently died, leaves all
for charity with the exception of a few
keepsakes. 1t makes provision to build
the Loretto home for the aged and in
firm. Before his death he left $500 to
the Roman Catholic diocese of Vermont,
to be divided equally among the smaller
churches that are in debt, and about
$500 in support of the Catholic orphan
age in Burlington.
The seventh annual convention of the
Vermont Osteopathic society will be held
in Montpelier Wednesday, October 81,
and Thursday, November 1. DR.. c. G.
Wheeler, of Brattleboro, is president of
this society.
The creamery building at Hyde Park
was burned last week Tuesday after
noon. By the untiring efforts of men
who responded to the fire alarm the
other buildings were saved. The insur
ance on the creamery and contents was
$1,000. Mr.. Johnson, the proprietor,
expects to rebuild.
Henry w. Spaford, of Rutland has
announced his candidacy for member on
the board of state railroad commission
ers vice H. S. Bingham, of Bennington,
whose term expires this year. Mr. Spaf-
ford has had As years career in rail-
reading on the old Bennington & Rut-
land railroad. He began as station
agent and was general freight and
passenger agent when the road passed
| into the hands of the Rutland Railroad
| Co.
Henry Dwinell of Marshfeld, met with
serious accident one day recently while
cutting corn for his cows with an ensilage
cutter. The loose frock he wore caught
on nail in the arbor and wound Mr..
Dwinell up, thrashing his body about
until his clothing gave way letting the
body fall. Mr.. Dwinells head and neck
were badly bruised and cut, but he
anticipates no serious results, and is
very glad to escape death which seemed
so evident, for few moments.
Gladys Clark, the four-year-ol daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Clark, of
Graniteville, was fatally burned Oct. 8,
and died a few minutes later. The
mother left the little girl with smaller
child for few minutes and it is supposed
that in her absence they played with
matches.
The creamery at the south end OF
Mortified village owned by the Will
liam Mullen estate was sold at auction
| last week to Arthur Bryant for con-
sideration of $4,000 Mr.. Bryant has
for some time run the creamery at West
Berlin and is thoroughly acquainted
with the business.
William Tucker of Windsor, who was
sentenced last spring to life imprison-
ment in the state insane asylum at Mid
dletown, Conn, for the murder OF his wife
in a fit of insanity, escaped from the
criminal ward Wednesday morning.
The authorities say that he had to pass
through two doors, both of which were
found to be locked. 1t is believed that he
had confederate.
For spearing big brown trout in the
Battenkill river recently |. E. Reed O
Manchester was fined $25 with $7.2e