St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-09-19
VERMONT NEWS.
n,nn.a nanohtera, Convention,

The 18Th annual cOnVenllon Oi the
,.tsrnational Order of The Kings.
1nancbters and Sons, opened in the.
D"n;t church at Richford, last Wednes-
dsv morning at $50 o'clock, with about
1 Io6 persons in attendance. Tuesday
evening ave- an enjoyable reception was given
ths visiting delegates by the Richford
. .u Of the order in the Baptist
nhurch parlors. The exercises OF the
oooOnveutioa Wednesday were opened by
~ executive meeting after which at / 80
o'clock came devotional services. Adj
dresses of welcome were delivered by the
Rev. S. H. Smith and the Rev. w. G.
Sco6eld. Mrs. E. Nd. Denny of Mort.
osl;er. responded. Greetings were offered
Pv Mrs. Homer Brown and Mrs. E. K.
Cbattuck with responses by Mrs. L. 8.
Lord of Burlington. Among those who
addressed the meeting were Rev. Miss
Frances E. Kimball of Richmond, Mrs
p, L. Lord of Burlington, and Mrs.
Minnie Laird ofNew York. There are
nroanzations Of the Kings Daughters
and Kings Sons in eleven OF the fourteen
counties of Vermont. C.g 9sl8ttjI
II was voted to establish home for
feeble minded children and 500 was
annropriated as nucleus Tor this enter
prse. The next meeting will be held at
Richmond.
Hetsy Green Protests.
Hetty Green, woman ofmiIlious, has
grievance, says a Bellows Falls cor
respondent. The board of listers at Bel
lows Falls, where Mrs. Gren has her
legal residence and owns property, I'M
kindly raised the appraisal OF the Green
homestead, worth $4,000, the first Of
the month, from $40, 000to $12. 900, and
Mrs. Green appeared before the board to
protest. She made vigorous cutlery
and in an impassioned speech that con
sumed some forty minutes gave her
opinion OF Bellows Falls in general and
Bellows Falls listers in particular. Mrs
Green said she wished to livein Bellows
Falls, but could not il the listers intended
to improvish her. She said she was q
poor woman and could not pay heavy
taxes; that her house was poor thing
and her son, Z H.R. Green, the Texas
magnate, wished her to dispose OF it, but
sentimental reasons prevented her. Bel
lows Falls, she said, was a poor place t
live in, anyway, and her doctors advised
her not to have her daughter Sylvia sta
there. Her place, she alleged, was |
smoke house from the railroad beneath
and she seriously considered piping VI
the smoke and curing hams as business
Church to Celebrate Centennial.
The Ludlow Congregational churc
will September %, "a and 25, celebrat
the Tooth anniversary of its organiza
ton, and plans are now being made TO
that occasion. Invitations are bein
sent out to former pastors and member
of the church, and it is hoped the respons
will be general and that many OF thos
once active in the church's career, bu
now residing elsewhere, will be preser
during the centennial exercises.
Advocates Manual Training In schools
State Superintendent OF Educatio
Mason s. Stone oil Montpelier addresse
meeting of the Rutland Teachers Asst
cation September 10. He spoke mainl
on manual training, strongly advocatin
its introduction into the public school
Vermont. In arguing the cause !
manual training he compared the d
pendence of young people OF today G
their parents with the children of ie
generations ago who were taught
provide for many OF their own need
1.-THE head gers all the learning toda
while the hand has none of the privileges
said Mr. Stone.
Was Ninety -four Years Old.
Mrs. Rufus Piper OF West Windso
who died August 26, was "a years, TO-
DAYS old. She had lived in the town
Windsor over 40 years. Her hus6ar
died twenty.three years ago and Mr
Piper had lived with her daughter, Mr.
Melvin E. Banister, where she died. 81
is survived by three children, Mrs. {.
Stearns and Mrs. Banister of Windso
and a son, Henry, in the west.
AN Outing For Poor Children.
The biggest plan ever attempted
entertain the poor children OF Rutlal
was carried out Sept. 10, when the RI
land Street Railway Co. gaveian outii
at Lake Bomoseeu to several hundr
little folks and their mothers. The ra
way company furnished several speci
trolley cars end supply OF fruit for
little excursionists and its park W
thrown open for the day.
Governor Bells Tour Of Inspection
Gov. c. ]. Bell and staff on their q
nual tour of inspection OF state a
private institutions. arrived in Bello'
Falls, Sept. IL, after visiting the Billin
stock farm at Woodstock. The par
inspected the Vermont Farm Mach
Co., and the corn canning compan
plant. Dinner followed at the Windha
After dinner the party vent in auton
biles to visit the neighboring towns.
specting the schools in Saxton's Ri
and Walpole, N. H. While in Rockll
ham the governor was guest OF U
N. 6. Williams, where reception v
rendered to the governor and staff q
their women friends in the evening.
element Wins Case.
The case of P. w. Clement, adm
strator of the estate Of 0. F. Harris
VS.. the Northwestern Mutual Life lns
ance Co., was decided in favor OF
plaintiff 10 Rutland county court Wedt
day, the jury deciding that the tram
of the policy by Harrison to Miss MI
Agnes Gleason, no relation, was W
The family fought this case on the gro1
that the husband transferred the pc
for an illicit consideration. The
amount OF the verdict is So Ali 81.
Barney Cannon Dead
Postmaster Barney Cannon OF Belle
Falls, died at 1890 o'clock Sept. IL
valvuar heart disease. He had been
health for about three months, ano