St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-26

following officers were elected. Presi-
dent, Mrs. Julia A. Pierce of Rochester;
secretary, the Rev. Verdi NJ. Mack, of
Gaysville; treasurer, Mrs. Mary E.
Fucker, of Brattleboro; auditor, Mrs. A.
A. c. Ware of Brattleboro. 1t was voted
o change the name of the society to Yer
mont Equal Suffragists Association.
Vermont Entitled to Department.
Mrs. Emma E. Pierce, of Springfield,
Mass, past department commander of
the Ladies of the Grand Army, depart
ment of Massachusetts,, who has recently
organized circles in Burlington and Mid
dlebury, is contemplating organizing
branch circle in Montpelier There are
now FIVE circles in Vermont, at Burling-
ton, Middlebury Grand Isle, Mortified,
and Barre. This entities the order to
Vermont department and the prelimi-
naries to the organization of state de-
partment are already under way. This
order is very strong in the middle west,
and in some eastern and New England
states, notably in Massachusetts, but
until at comparatively recent date has
made little progress in Vermont. The
order is practically identical with the
Woman's Relief Corps, except that vete-
rams of the Civil War are associate men,
bers of the Ladies of the Grand Army
and are allowed to sit in the meetings of
the circles.
Mahan at Waterbury.
Alfred Mahan, who has been in Jail at
Bennington since April 80 on the charge
of numbering Ethel Mahan, the four
year-old daughter of his brother, Ger
man Mahan, of North Bennington, was
taken to Manchester last week and
arraigned before Judge Seneca Hazelton
in Bennington county court. O. NJ. Bar
Der, of Bennington, was assigned as
counsel for the respondent and asked
that Mahan be sent to the state hospital
for the insane at Waterbury for observa-
ton. Atty.-Gen. c. c. Fits, of Brattle-
boro commended for an immediate trial.
He will remain there until his presence is
required elsewhere by the court, which
will probably re-convene after adjourn
ment sometime in August for the trial.
Heat Prostitution.
Horace Scott of Brattleboro, a men,
Der of the class of 1909, Rensselaer, Poly
technic Institute, Troy, N. Y, employed
as rodman with gang of surveyors
at the site of the proposed dam across
| the Connecticut, was Frustrated by
sunstroke last week Tuesday after
noon. He was carried to the shade
of tree by his companions in ar
unconscious condition and physicians
were summoned. 1t was thought thu
young man would die and his relatives
were summoned, but after being packeC
in ice until midnight consciousness wa:
restored and Mr.. Scott was taken tt
Brattleboro Wednesday afternoon in {
fair way to recover.
Changes at Seminary.
E. A. Hamilton, who has been choser
superintendent of group Of SO schools
in Bakersfield. Fletcher and Fairfield, ha
been teacher of Latin and Greek in Mont
pelier Seminary for six years, and ha
been prominent in athletics. He wa
graduated from St. Johnsbury Academ,
in 1896 and from Boston University il
1900 He is a son of the Rev. Josepl
Hamilton, of Woodstock, Methods
clergymen. He will assume the dutie
of his new position July /. Miss Fanni
Chamberlain, an instructor at Mont
pelier Seminary has also resigned.
Pastor Elected President.
Rev. DR.. ]. H. George, of Burlington
has been elected president of Drury Co
lege, Springfield, Mo. DR.. George ha
not yet decided whether he will accep
the position. During his pastorate i
St. Louis, several years ago, he wa
chairman of the board of trustees of tn
college but has had no connection wit
it for some time Drurv College is
Congregational institution of literar
character, with no scientific department
and has at present about 400 student:
An Expensive Railway.
1t cost $4,000 to construct each mil
of the extension of the Berkshire stree
railway from North Adams, Mass, t
Bennington, which was formally opene
J to traffic Saturday, when the palace cal
Berkshire Hills" ran to Bennington
.. conveying party of 10 officials OF tn
road and newspaper men, who wer
| their guests. NC SOSl vi liz INV va
makes it the most expensive per mile
any electric road ever built in New Ems
!. land. 1t runs through a very uneve
country, and the expense OF making tn
: grades and cutting through the man
S distractions of rock was very great.
Prison Work Profitable.
4 An examination of the records
!. Washington county court shows thu
: since the new law providing for the Ell
F; ployment of prisoners in county Jaii
: went into effect February l, such PR
# oners have earned $273.75. The e.
4 pense for guards, clothing, and Tobacco
J. amounted to $72.25, leaving balan'
of $201.25. Sheriff F. H. Tracy believe
the law has worked we'll in this count
He favors an amendment whereby pr
: oners who work we'll, and can earn 81
u day, shall receive half of this sum theI
selves, the other dollar going to Il
: state. This would not leave them, Wit
: discharged entirely penniless.
>. Lieut.. Governors Advice.
lie Lieut.-Gov. George H. Prouty of Me-
lie port addressed 500 people at the COZ