St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-29

for the presentation to the ship of the
handsome silver service gift of the state
will be decided upon 1t is expected that
the ship will leave the yard some time in
July.
Announcement is made of the marriage
at Gloucester, Mass, May 81, of Rev.
DR.. Gibbs Braislin, who completed 10
years pastorate at the Baptist church
in Rutland in February, in 1906, and
Miss Edith Rowe Follansbee, daughter
of Hazen Follansbee Rev. Mr.. Braislin
is Sc years old. His bride is %.
Joseph Venette, 80 years old, who
went to Easthampton, Mass, from
Hartford, in March, committed suicide
in his bedroom in the house of Mrs.
Sarah Ramsey late Wednesday after
noon. 1t is thought that he committed
suicide because he was out of work and
respondent
Word has been received from Rev. E.
M. Fuller, of Burlington, who sailed on
the White Star line steamer Romano
from Boston on the 9th of April, with
a party from this state, to attend the
Worlds Sunday school convention at
Rome. Mr.. Fuller writes that the trip
was unusually smooth, and that all the
party enjoyed a delightful voyage. Dur
ing the trip the party stopped at Fun
chal IN the Madeira Islands, Gibraltar,
Algiers, Naples, Genoa and Pisa.
AT a special meeting of the Rutland
board OF education last week the men,
bers OF the committee on teachers, who
at the last meeting of the board reported
untavorably on the matter of re-engag-
ing 5. II. Erskine as principal of the high
school, unanimously recommended that
Mr. Erskine be engaged for another year
at salary of $1,000, an increase of 500
over last year. The report was accepted
and adopted. Mr. Erskine has been
principal of the high school for IA years,
and the action of the teacher scommittee
at the previous meeting caused pro-
test
1t is understood that further effort will
be made to induce Rev. Marmaduke
Hare, of New Milford, Conn, to accept
the rectorship of Christ Episcopal church,
Montpelier.
The Peoples Telephone Company is
making preparations to place its wires
running through Newport village under
ground. The conduits have been re-
ceived and operations will commence
soon.
George F. Goode, proprietor Of the
Menphremagog house, which was re-
Gently burned at Newport, has leased the
Brady house on Main street, opposite
the federal building, and will convert it
into summer hotel, which he will open
about July l.
The railroad commission has received
petition from residents of Barre, asking
for a new Central Vermont railway
station there. The commission is asked
to investigate the matter 1t is claimed
that the present station was erected
when the population was between 5000
and 5000 and is inadequate for present
needs
Joseph Poland had a remarkable es-
cape from death Friday afternoon. He
was working in Jones Bros quarry at
Graniteville, and while driving staple
into the door of the powder house, the
staple, heated by the friction, dropped
to the floor, igniting the powder, and
caused an explosion. The building
which contained eight kegs of powder
and four boxes of dynamite. was de
molished. Poland escaped with only &
few burns about the face and head.
Cerayton A. Woodbury., aged &c
years, lieutenant in Company B, 18th
Vt. Vols, died May 81, at his home al
Rutland. He had worked at his trade o
machinist there for many years. He il
survived by wife and son, Robert, o
Woodstock.