St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-01
VERMONT NEWS.
Vermont CrOcers.

Tho food tar ana convention OF the
non, Inu Retail Grocers and Provision
VEINS Delnr was held at Burlington last
ps .aE Greetings Of welcome were given
WEE Gov Proctor, Mayor Bigelow, Ma.
oy oJ secretary John A. Green of Cleve.
toG"l0 President W. ] Van Patten Of
Ihn commercial club, Past Counsellor
I nion Blodgett Of the Commercial
AA ,ar and President E. R. Corley Of
l he Burlington Association. The adj
sne Tuesday afternoon were delivered
G G' uenrv D. Holton of Brattleboro, sec.
O d m Of the state board of health, on
I IVerm1ont Food Laws" John A. Green
If Cleveland, O., Greetings from the
National Association" John Parker
S S% of Laconia, N. H., New Hamp
sh;re Association Charles R. Fuller q
pnston, 1.-THE National Convention fol-
Boston, 1908"
These officers were elected: President
Z r Corley, Burlington vice-presidents
R S Benedict, Middlebury; J. R. Har
bonr Bennington; A. H. Gleason, St
I TC c. H. Ellis, Burlington o. L
Wansur, Island Pond; l.. H. lombard
G. Adams; N. K. Martin, Alburgh; Linu.
Ieavens, Cambridge; J. F. Lamson, Ran
dolnh. l. B. Holton, Charleston; g. E. L
Radlan. Rutland L. B. Brooks, Mont
nelier: A. L. Harris, Brattleboro; w. B
Stearns, Springfield secretary, R. H
4midon, Brattleboro and treasurer, G
F. Leland, Springfield.
In the evening banquet was held at the
Van Ness house, Congressman D. ]
Foster acting as POSTMASTER. Toasts
were responded to by National Secretary
John A. Green of Cleveland, Elisha Win
Ter of Boston and the Canadian and New
England guests and state officer elect.
noem was also read by J. E. Ripley o
Burlington, on Commercial Unity"
The food fair will continue another
week, and it was voted to hold the mex
convention at St. Adams.
Grand Lodge N. E. 0. P. Officers.
The election of officers by the Crane
Lodge of Vermont, New England Ordel
Of Protection, in Brattleboro last week
resulted as follows: Warden, w. H
Weeks, of Hardwick; vice warden, Mer
rill Russell, Of Montpelier; secretary, H
A. Bartlett, fist. ]ohnsbury; treasurer
H. H. Davis, of Burlington; chaplain
Miss Lillian Hutchins, of East Barre
guide, Herbert E. Harris, of Brattleboro
guardian, Mrs. Mabel Pierce, of Yer
gennes sentinel, Mrs. May E. Heath, o
St. Iohnsbury; trustees, P. F. Foster, 0
Rutland, R. H. Galusha, of Bennington
and Mrs. Eva ]. Merrill, of Morrisville
The next annual meeting of the Crane
Lodge will be held in Burlington.
There are now nine lodges with ;
membership exceeding 100 as agains
six year ago. These nine lodges ant
the membership are as follows: Gree
Mountain of St. Johnsbury, 500; Stan
nard of Montpelier, 1888; Walloomsac o
Bennington, $50; Barre of Barre. 16S
Marble of Rutland, lac; Vermont of Bun
lington, 1876; Lamoille of Morrisville
1876; Evergreen of Hardwick, III; an,
Brattleboro of Brattleboro, los.
There were 10 deaths in the year END
ed March 81, carrying a total insuranc
in the order of $4,000. There wer
previously reported 146 deaths, carrying
1922 900 of insurance. This makes
total of $24S,O00 that the order ha
paid in death claims in this state.
Fire at West Rutland.
FIRE which started in kerosene she
in West Rutland, shortly before mic
night Saturday, destroyed four two
story wooden buildings, entailing los
estimated at $4,000 The total insui
ance will aggregate about $4,000. TIL
property DESTROYED included the Walls
building, owned by William Walsh, an
occupied by him as a meat market an
general store, with two tenement
above; the Rosen building, owned an
occupied by Barney Rosen and family q
ageneral store and tenement; the ONE
building, owned by P. F. O'Neil, an
occupied by John Keltz as gener'
store, the upper portion being used as
tenement by the Keltz family and by Il
Ancient Order of Hibernians as a hal
and a building owned by George M
Dewitt and occupied by Joseph Biote an
family as general store and tenement.
Alleged Train wrecker Confesses.
Edwin Pettingill of Newport, is und
arrest at Hartford, Conn, on a chars
ofattempting to wreck the Boston EXPIRE
on the New York, New Haven & Har
ford railroad while the train was
route to Boston. The man admits h
guilt and gives his reasons as beir
revenge for being discharged from Il
road. Fortunately the train was save
by the prompt action of a switchm;
who discovering that switch had be-
tempered with, quickly threw the lev
and saved the load Of passengers. Pc
ingill when arrested said he was marri
and 50 years old. His home is at Me-
port. He acknowledged tampering Wi
the switch, but said he was angry al
intoxicated at the time. Pettingil
parents live at Smiths Mills, 10 mil
from Newport. He was employed We
ago on the Boston & Maine road in VI
mont as brakeman.
Prominent Mason Dead.
Charles R. Montague, widely know
In Masonic circles in the state and w
mas been past grand master of the Ora
Lodge of Vermont, died Thursday at
nome at Woodstock at the age of
years. He was born in Bridgewater a
received high school education the
ana later graduated from the Norm
@hool at Randolph. He passed I
greater por+ ~ 6 H., i:c -, - .,Y;r+;ro of1