St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-04-24
Vermont News.
po,tou Daughters Of Vermont.

nm w., with nearly 100 members in attend
noon New maple sugar from Vermont
all ns served and there were refreshments
was ~, vote the following officers
BY elected: President, Mrs. Arthur
Wf'f Blair Of Dorchester; first vic -presi-
W. W.T. Mrs. George H. Graves; second
de tn ,Dresident Mrs. Thomas Little
wee I1psim clerk, Mrs. Eugene c. Mile;
nav Sosnrer Mrs. Adelaide B. Slack of
I Ii.si directors, Mrs. William H.
H HS, Mrs. Daniel P. Grosvenor and
Mrs Mrs. Frederick W. Halsey.
MI Mrs Blair, the president, is serving
... . term. She is popular member
st nd was one of the founders of the asso-
a a;n+;on Her maiden name was Miss
Ellen Ellen 2 Chamberlain and she was born
IN St. Iohnsbury.
III II ~ was voted to send five delegates to
+be meeting of the Vermont State Fedora
t;on of Womens clubs which meets in
W 1,G Vermont, in October. The
a %I are Mrs. Charles D. Cabot,
Me- William A. Barton, Mrs. Leonard
D Nichols Mrs. Charles H. Hyde and
.be president, Mrs. Arthur w. Blair.
The alternates are Mrs. Margaret H.
cross Mrs. Alfred S. Hall, Mrs. N. A.
MAMMALIAN and Mrs. W. H. Converse.
The report of the treasurer showed the
association in thriving condition with
ali bills paid and $132 on hand. The
membership of the association is limited
10 225 active and 25 associate members
and both are full With waiting list.
Blinded by Paris Green.
Goldie, aged six years, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Batchelder, of Plainfeld
was playing with her seven year old
brotherin barn where they found can
Of paris green Not knowing the nature
rfits deadlycontents,t the little boy asked
his sister to take some. She refused and
he threw some in her face playfully. 1t
lodged in her eyes. The little girl then
took some and ate it. 1t is believed she
took a large dose, because she COM
menced to vomit, which fact undoubtedly
saved her life Her brother realized that
something was wrong and took her to
the house. A doctor was hastily sum-
moned. The danger from the poison
4 in her system is believed to be
over, but the danger to her eyes is not,
and it is feared her sight may be lost.
I In fact the doctor is working hard to
save her sight, although there is not
much encouragement.
Dean Shipman Retires.
To the already long list of men of ma
\ tional reputation is added that of an
/ other Vermonter who retires from the
position of dean of Tufts college after 43
years service. The man, Dean William
K. Shipman, is known all over Massa-
4 chusetts. Medford, Mass, however, is
5 very glad to know that the dean will
h continue to live on College Hill at Tufts.
Prof Shipman was born in Granville.
II His early education was obtained in
\ Royalton academy. In 1859 he gradu-
N ated with distinction from Middlebury
College In 1864 he was appointed to
4 the chair of rhetoric, logic and English
4 literature at Tufts. In 1865 he was or
N dained as minister. In 1866 he received
B the degree of A. NJ. from Middlebury
Al College, in 1882 the degree of d. D. from
81 st Lawrence University and in 1899
n that OF l.. L. d. from Tufts and the fol-
81 lowing year the same degree from Mid
n dlebury.
81 Corporation Taxes.
n State Treasurer E. H. Deavitt and
State Tax Commissioner !, E. Cushman
y have filed with Secretary OF State F. G.
Fl fleetwood list of the corporations that
Y have paid license taxes. The regular
time for payment expired April /, but ii
& was possible by paying an additional
sum to wait until April 10 at midnight
g The law gives the tax commissioner
Il power in his discretion to extend the time
& still further so the exact figures are not
yet available. An approximate state
ment shows that 800 organized and &C
unorganzed corporations holding chart
ers have paid the license tax required by
4 law The returns from Jan l to April
10 show that railroad corporations have
Il paid $50, 077.51 and other corporations
from Jan, to April paid $23,093.30
ABuge Capital.
During the first three months of tht
current year, new Vermont corporations
q were formed to the number of %. The
aggregate capital of these strictly state
q companies is 2,9S0,5 800 The Vermont
Lighting * Power company of Mont
peIer and the Vermont Home Telephone
company of Rutland were the two lar
SeSt, each of these companies carrying {
8 capital of one million dollars. The re
naming $9S0,50 of the aggregate cap
ltal is divided among the 26 other new
concerns in sums varying from 100000
10 $1,000. Besides these Vermont com
Panies the usual number of foreign cor
poratlons secured registration in TIT
81 state
Experiment Station Change.
", +, Hammond of Middlebury wa
III burlington last week to complet
arrangements relative to moving tn
BUSINESS of the United States experiment
Nation located in that city to the farm
u u "eybridge recently given the Unite'
G'ates agricultural department by Col
loSeph Battell. The station in Burling
ION will be closed as soon as the build
alSS on the Weybridge farm can be pu
n mg0od condition. Only Morgan horse
Will De bred at the new station.
New Hotel at st. Adams.
ne building Of a large modern hotel t
"sSHme the place of the old Weldon hous
al 0t; Adams is now confidently expect
t ba Inc new Welden will give St. A
1",s one OF the best hotels in New Eng
cb ne vestry of St. Michael's Episcops
c cnufch OF Brattleboro has extended
C Gu, 70 Kew W, ]. Hamilton of Delawar