St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-13
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iuiilSlo gus requests to relatives
ana friends in Vergennes and cousins in
the west amounting to about $4,000.
prospect Cemetery association of which
Mr.. Bixby was long a trustee. receives
$4,000; Tuskegee Normal and Indus.
trlal Institute at Tuskegee, Alabama.
founded by Booker T. Washington for
colored students and made famous Inv
his connection with it; Hampton Nor
NAL and Agricultural Institute of Hamn.
ton, Virginia, and the Chicago Orphan
Asylum, of Chicago, ILL.,, each receive
5000.
After paying the above beouests the
residue OF the estate is left to Vergennes
tor the establishment and maintenance of
a public library The amount thus given
the city is variously estimated at from
100000 to $150000, although some
conservative estimates place the amount
under 100000. Provision is made for
a board of trustees who are to erect a
building and control the library forever,
perpetuating their own board by filling
any vacancies which may occur.
National C. A. R. Encampment.
Saratoga, N. Y, has been definitely
decided upon for the national encamr-
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic
this year. The executive committee to
which was referred the question of con
frnnng the action of the Minneapolis
meeting last fall or changing the place
of meeting to Atlantic City, as was pro-
posed later, make its report of the vote
taken which has resulted in favor of
Saratoga. Judge Joseph w. O'Neil
adjutant general of the G. A. r., in
statement SAYS:
The authority given the executive
committee to change the place of meet
ing was very limited. The railroads
having promised the usual rates to
encampments held in the east and bust
ness mems association of Saratoga have
guaranteed the hotel rates shall not be
increased, but may be reduced the com
mittee did not feel at liberty to override
the action of the Minneapolis encamp.
ment.
Died In a Hut.
Adjutant-G General W. Fl. Gilmore receiv-
ed last Wednesday a clipping from a
newspaper at Lynn, Mass, which told
the story OF finding the body of Frederick
Southwick, who was frozen to death in
a squalid hovel at West Lynn. General
Gilmore was asked for Southwick's
record in the civil war, which was sent.
Southwick, who was 80 years old, enlist
ed in the civil war from Duxbury. He
served in Company II, 9th Vermont, and
in Company F, 18th Vermont regiment.
His war record was an honorable one.
He won distinction at the battle of
Gettysburg and Seven Oaks. After the
war he was engaged in digging and sell
ing clans at Lynn. Mr.. Southwick was
native of Peabody, Mass. When he
was found his body was frozen, and his
wet clothing was fast in ice on the floor
of the shanty in which he lived.
Seeking Cause of Death.
The chemists at the state laboratory
of hygiene at Burlington are busy in
vestigatng the cause of the death of an
infant which died March 5, while being
carried in an extension grip from Wells
River to Manchester, N. H., by its father,
Charles f. Barrie, who is now under
arrest at Chelsea. Evidences of drug
which is used in soothing syrups has
been found in the organs of the babe
which give rise to the suspicion that
there might have been foul play in the
case 1t is said that the child is an
Legitimate one, OF whom Barrie is the
father and his niece, Miss Mabel Jackson,
of Newbury, the mother. The report of
the chemists will be made soon before the
grand Jury of the county.
Fire at ProctorS
Fire of unknown origin which broke
out March at the machine shop of the
Vermont Marble company at Proctor
ruined much valuable machinery, des-
troved one of the automobiles belonging
to the company, and burned the wood
work of the building. The damage will
be several thousand dollars, the auto
mobile alone being valued at $4,000. The
damaged building was a comparatively
new one, having been built only about
six years ago to replace the old machine
shop, destroyed by fire.
Requests of Col. F. E. Smith.
The will of the late Col. Fred f, Smith
of Montpelier, bearing date of 1894, and
containing a codicil signed two years
ago, contains bequest of $4,000 to
Christ church and the Episcopal diocese
of Vermont. The sum of $4,000 is
divided into various smaller sums for
the aid of the church, some for the altar,
pulpit and organ, etc. Some OF this has
already been paid by Col. Smith during
his life time, and other portions are con-
ditional. One thousand dollars is pro-
vided for the erection of chapel tor Sun
day school work, conditional that Mrs.
Smith, wife of the deceased, is named as
executriX.
YIN. C. A. Speakers.
State Y. NJ. c. A. Secretary Louis Heb
has received word that Fred B. Smith,
one of the best known workers in the
country among young men, has con
sented to come to Burlington on the oc-
casion of the annual state convention OF
the association to be held May 10 to II,
Mr.. Smith coming the opening day
Other well known men who will speak
at the gathering are Governor Proctor,
A. w. Bosworth, of Island Pond {. *.
ODER, of New York, NJ. D. Davidson, OF
McGill University, Montreal, F. II.
Brooks, of St. Johnsbury, Frank
Manuel, of Richford, John r. Boardman,
of New York, and w. j. Van Pattern, OF
Burlington.
Death of DR.. A. J. Willard.
DR.. Andrew Jackson Willard, former
resident of Burlington, died at Swanton,
March 5, in his 18th year, after period
of i'll health extending over three years
He passed the winter of 1904-5 in North