St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-19

Spiritualism' and Mrs. Chapman gave
tests. The address Saturday evening
was by Mrs. Laura Cummings of Hard
wick. The session Sunday morning
opened with conference followed by an
address on Twentieth Century Spirit
ualism" by Mrs. Ef6e l. Chapman. At
the afternoon session Mrs. Laura Cum
mings OF Hardwick spoke on THE New
Religion" and Mrs. Chapman gave
tests. At the closing session Sunday
evening A. F. Hubbard of Tyson spoke
on THE Utility of Spiritualism," and
Mrs. Chapman ollowed with spiritual
tests.
Foresters' Convention.
The state convention of the Catholic
Order of Foresters was held at Benning-
ton last week, where on Wednesday
mass was said at the Church of the
Sacred Heart by Rev. FIR. E. E. Coffey of
Bristol and the sermon was delivered in
French by Rev. FIR. A. L. Desaulnier. At
the business session much time was
spent in protesting against the increase
in insurance rates. These officers were
elected for the ensuing two years State
chief ranger, Louis Alapa of Winooski;
state vice chief ranger, ]. H. Talbot of
Mortified; state secretary, T. A. Austin
of Brattleboro; state treasurer, j. w.
Sault of Swanton; directors, ]. McGraw
of Milton, N. E. L 'Ecuyer of st. Adams,
A. E. Goyette of Essex Junction, Jules
Simays of Burlington, Rev. D. E. Coffey
of Bristol; delegates to the national con-
vention to be held at St. Paul, j. B.
Fitzpatrick of Graniteville, Thomas Far
rel of Newport, Rev. D. E. Coffey of
Bristol, George H. Blair of Ogdensburg,
N. Y, Edmund Latrancehise OF Benning-
ton.
The convention ended with a banquet
and dance. The next session will be
held at Burlington.
Lake Mansfield Trout Club Meeting.
At the business meeting OF the Lake
Mansfield Trout Club held at Lake
Mansfield, Stowe, Wednesday, the fol
lowing directors were elected: o. E.
Luce, c. L. Mcmahon, c. E. Burt, M. c.
Lovejoy, of Stowe, L. Bart Cross, James
Boutwell,, of Montpelier, DR.. D. c.
Hawley, W. E. Greene, of Burlington,
NJ. H. Riddell, OF Boston, l.. c. Moody,
of Waterbury, DR.. H. c. Brigham, of
New York, c. H. Cross, of Johnsbury,
H. c. Fiske, of Morrisville, E. w. Blake,
of Barre, DIR. S. w. Paige, of St. Adams.
The directors elected the following Off
GERS: President, DR.. H. c. Brigham; vice
president, c. L. Mcmahon; secretary
and treasurer, H. G. Thomas; auditors,
c. L. McMaLon, c. c. Burt, M. {. Love
joy, of Stowe.
The Rendering Company Case.
Chief Judge John W. Rowell has
granted a writ of error in the case
against the Burlington Rendering Co. This
case will nowgo to United States Supreme
Court to test the constitutionality of
the law passed at the opening of the
legislature of 1906 which would compel
the Burlington Rendering Co., and all
corporations to produce books and
papers in court when requested to do so
by proper officials. Service of notice on
the state in this writ of error was
accepted by Atty. Gen. c. c. Fits.
Designated by the Governor.
Gov. F. D. Proctor has designated the
following persons as delegates to the
National Conference of charities and cor
rections, to be held in Minneapolis,
Mimi, July 1919: F. H. Tracy, of Mont
pelier, c. H. A. Stafford, of Morrisville,
John B. Pickett, of Bradford, ]. E.
Weeks of Middlebury, c. P. Smith Of
Burlington, Newman K. Chaffee and
Mrs. Agnes Roberts, of Rutland, Mrs. D.
N. Haynes, of Clarendon, Mrs. P. F.
Hazen and Mrs. Walter P. Smith, OF St.
Tohnsbury, Mrs. John B. Chase, OF
Lyndonvilie, and Miss Sarah ]. Durkee,
of Windsor.
Misfortune Followed Them.
Fire about midnight June II, des-
troved the house owned by Mrs. Nettie
Weeks of Brattleboro, occupied by w.
M. Colburn. The loss is $4,000, partly
covered by insurance. The tre was
caused by the explosion OF a lamp in a
room where Mrs. Colburn and the baby
were sleeping. When Mr. Colburn found
them on his return from the village they
were overcome by smoke and would
have been burned to death in a short
time. The Colburns came to Brattle-
boro two weeks ago from San Francisco
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where their home was destroyed by the
earthquake.
U. of v. Man Arrested.
Arthur Peck, a student at the Unlver-
sity of Vermont, was arrested June II,
for breach OF the peace in connection
with the college riot of June s. He was
arraigned in city court and hned S1O
and costs of $685., which he paid.
To Boom Rutland.
AS the result of constant agitation by
the newspapers, meeting of 60 usinesS
men was held June IL at Rutland to take
steps to form an organization to boom
Rutland. The plan which will probably
be followed will br the formation OF
citizens league headed by salaried mar
who shall devote his entire attention t.
the citv's interests. This movement Il
also designed to increase interest in tina
CITY in the cross-state railroad.
A Manual Training School.
The manual training summer school II
Windsor will be opened on July
under the direction of E. E. MacNary
instructor of manual training in tn
Horace Mann school and Teachers
college, Columbia university, New Yorl
city. Tuition will be free to all pupils
but 10 cents week will be charge
for the cost of wood.
Meeting of Bird and Botanical Clubs.
The annual meeting of the Vernon
Bird Club and of the Vermont Botonlca
Club will be held at North Pownal Jul.