St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-11-21
Vermont News.
observe Golden Wedding.

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70 celebrate their golden wedding. A.
n swain married Susan W., daughter of
Iohn L. and Phoebe Putnam of Bratt1e-
boro, November 13, 1856. They are
snending quiet and happy old age and
no citizen of the town is more honored
and respected by all classes. They have
no children except an adopted daughter
and now great grandchild descended
from her. Mr. Swain was born in Read
mo Tulv IL, 1928. He learned the
Winters trade in the Office of the Yer
mont Journal at Windsor, and was
assistant editor of the Vermont Republi-
can at Brattleboro a few years before
Going to Bellows Falls and establishing
fhe Bellows Falls Times, his first issue of
# being dated August 6, 1856. He sold
# October /, 1888, having conducted it
as owner and editor for over 80 years.
Big Real Estate owner.
The other day when Senator Proctor
of Vermont came out of the White House,
an intimate friend made the interesting
statement that Senator Proctor probably
owns real estate in more cities than any
other man in the country. He has made
practice for years of picking up bar
gains in city and suburban property in
all parts Of the country. For many
years he has been an extensive traveller,
and in his iourneyings wheneverhe learn
ed of a promising piece of city property
for sale, he has bought it. He is not
known to have disposed of any of these
purchases. Senator Proctor is said to
be one of the wealthiest men in the
senate.
Want Regimental Monument Moved.
After comforting with the Gettysburg
battlefield commissioners, Congressman
Kittredge Haskins, of Brattleboro, and
L. W. Bush, of Brookline, report that it
is not probable that an avenue will be
laid out past the 10th Vermont regimen
tai monument, which is not sufficiently
conspicuous to please the members of the
association and their friends. Congress
man Haskins and Mr.. Bush. a committee
appointed to investigate the matter. will
recommend that the monument be NOV
ed about 500 yards to point between
the Vermont state monument and the
18th regimental monument ON Hancock
avenue, and that the present site be
marked with tablet. The legislature
may be asked to make an appropriation
to cover the cost of the work.
Court of Claims Hold Session.
At the meeting of the court of claims
held in Montpelier Tuesday, but two
cases were disallowed and several cases
considered. The claims disallowed were
one of Nelson Wallace, of Ryegate, for
$77.76, it being expenses in recovering
stolen property; and c. |. Moore, OF
Morgan, for $32.63 for expenses in pur-
suing burglar.
The claims considered were as follows;
L W. Kingsbury, of Jamaica, for $31,
for services and expenses in recovering
a stolen horse; H. r. White of St. Johns
bury, for $25 for damage done by deer
Richard Beatie, for 1886 for expenses
and services in the Waterman murder
case, and one of SIT for expenses and
services in the riot of lumbermen on the
Connecticut river in Essex county.
Military School for Boys.
The sale of the w. c. Smith estate or
Smith street in st. Adams, by the owner
w. W.. Scranton of Scranton, Pa, tc
Prof. Clarence L Jordan, of Mortified
was consummated Saturday. The price
paid for the house and for the 1873 acres
ofland was $35,000. Professor Jordan
will establish on this property military
boarding school, which will fit boys toi
admission to college. Alterations anc
n additions will be made to the buildings
Y The two upper stories will be made into
81 dormitories, the barns will be remodellec
II for use as a gymnasium. A summer
ca,nn in connection with the school viii
be established on the lake shore. corps
ofcompetent instructors will be engaged
Farming will be carried on under an ex
perienced manager on the land adjoining
the buildings. The work of remodellin&
will be begun at once and it is expected
that school will be opened next Septem
Der.
Girls Basket Ball League.
Representatives of the girls of tn
Stowe Barton Landing, Newport ant
Montpelier high schools and the girls 0
Montpelier Seminary met at Montpelier
Friday evening to form basket bal
league. The girls of the Bradford, Well
River, and Waterbury schools may Joi
later.
Deer Damage Orchard.
Iohn B. Barrows has been in Mont
pelier to see what he can do about ST
curing reimbursement for E. B. Barrow'
of Brattleboro, for damages to his app
orchard by deer. E. B. Barrows owr
y an orchard of about 5000 trees on Anne
hill, and during the past summer an
N fall about 800 young trees have bee
seriously damaged by deer and as man
\ more have been nibbled. Mr.. Barrow
seeks to recover from the state $3.50 IL
this damage. Fred L. Howe, who owl
d smaller orchard near that OF Mr.. Ba
rows, has sustained considerable loss
the same way, but as yet he has mat
no effort to recover from the state.
vermonters in Boston.
ID Members of the Daughters of Vernon
attended in large numbers meeting,
n the Vendome hotel, Boston, Thursda
II The president, Mrs. Arthur W. Blair, pr
sided, and presented the guest OF t
day, Edwin Day Sibley, who read tro
his own publications. A social hour a.
tea followed the business session. L
u club now has 225 active, twenty-five
sociate, and sixteen honorary membei
On the last-named list are Mrs. Sari
Platt Decker, Mrs. Julia c. r. Dorr, a
Il Mrs. William Dean Howells. Alno
prominent Boston women actively
rolled are Mrs. Sallie Joy White, MRS. " "