St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-09-04
Vermont News.
Universalist Convention.


Tuesday. At the business session the
following board OF officers was unani-
mously reelected: President. w. R. Row
land, of East Corinth; vice president,
Rev. Verdi Mack, of Gaysville; secretary,
Rev. Otto S. Raspe, of Morrisville; treas
urer, Rev. c. H. Waterman, of Chester;
department officers, superintendent of
juniors, Mrs. c. c. Conner, of Barre;
superintendent ofOnward, w %. Brewer.
of Concord; superintendent of two cents
week, Miss Lulu Hart of Bellows Falls;
superintendent of Post Office Missions,
Miss Paulie Russell, ofNorthfeld super
intendent of Christian Citizenship, w.
B. Lane of Barre. The reports of COM
mittees showed an increase of member
ship and three new unions added during
the year, making in all Is senior and Z
Junior unions. One hundred dollars was
voluntarily pledged by the delegates for
the use OF the state union in missionary
work and 81 was taken by collection for
the same purpose.
Monday evening the address to the
young peoples societies was made by
President w. X. Rowland of East Cor
NTH and addresses of welcome were
made by c. S. Andrews, for all the So
cietes in Barre, and Miss Stella Brooks,
for the Barre Universalist society. Then
the address was made by Rev. Fenwick
L. Leavitt. Tuesday morning Rev.
Ralph Holbrook Cheever, of Woodstock.
preached sermon on Timely Talk"
and sermon by the Rev. Walter Dole,
of Northfeld brought the convention to
close.
Tuesday afternoon the 74th annual
Universalist Convention opened and an
address OF welcome was delivered by
Rev. c. c. Conner of Barre. Wednesday
forenoon was given over to Sunday
school work, Rev. F. L. Leavitt of Bel
lows Falls giving an address on his
system. Wednesday evening an adj
dress on "The Crisis in the Church"
was given by Rev. A. F. Walch, of st.
Johnsbury, and sermon on "An Infer
ence, from i know that Exist :" by
Rev. ]. w. Mclaughlin, of Lyndonville.
The election of officers Thursday fore
noon resulted as follows: President. Rev.
E. E. Marggraf, ofNorth Hatley, Que,
(re-elected); vice-president, Rev F. L.
Leavitt of Bellows Falls; secretary and
superintendent, Rev. Thomas Stratton,
of Rutland; treasurer, w. H. Gladding, of
Randolph. The following committee on
fellowship was chosen: Rev. c. c. Con
nor, of Barre, Rev. G. F, Fortier, of St.
Adams, Rev Otto Raspe, of Morrisville,
{. H. Waterman of Chester, and Alland
g. Fay, of Barre; trustees, DIR. w. r.
Rowland, of East Corinth, j. W. Black
mer, of Stockbridge, and Prot. 0. K. Hol-
lister, of Barre. Rev. i. p Booth, Of
Chester delivered the closing sermon.
The next convention will be held in Lud-
low during the. last week of September,
1908.
Thursday afternoon and evening was
held the 18th annual convention of the
Woman's Missionary society Of Vermont
and the Province of Quebec.
There are 81 active churches in the
state and province and most of these
were represented by the Sc lay delegates
and the 33 ministers and officers who
registered at the convention.
A subscription was taken among the
delegates and the sum of $50 was raised
for the scholarship of boy at the Camp
Hill school in Alabama for one year.
Society of Vermont Officers.
The 44th annual meeting of the Re
union Society of Vermont officers will
be held in Burlington, Thursday. The
principal addresses will be made by
Speaker Cannon, Baron Rosen, the Rus
sian ambassador to the United States,
and the Hon. c. A. .Prouty of the inter
state commerce commission. 1t is ex-
pected that Gen. L. A. Grant of Phila-
delphia, president of the society will
preside.
Speaker Cannon will be the guest Of
Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania,
who has summer home on the island
of Valcour, in Lake Champlain, the
speaker being brought to Burlington in
the private yacht of Mr.. Sibley.
The Russian ambassador and the
baroness will be guests of DR.. and Mrs.
Shelburne farms, the summer home of
the Webbs.
The same afternoon a meeting of the
Vermont State Press Association will be
held in this city, and the following day
the midsummer meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game League will be held at
Hotel Champaign, Bluff Point, N. Y,
when among the speakers will be Gov.
Hughes of New York, Speaker Cannon
and Mr.. Prouty. 1t is expected, that
Baron Rosen and the baroness will also
be present at the banquet. This function
is the most important of its kind held
during the year in Vermont and it is
patronized by great many distinguish
ed men.
Death of DR.. Branch.
The death of Gen. Charles F. Branch,
NJ. D., occurred at his home in Amherst,
Mass, last week Tuesday. The funeral
was held there Wednesday, with inter-
ment at Coventry.
Charles F. Branch was born in Orwell
and enlisted from that town as private
in Company c, (Middlebury), 9th YER
mont Volunteers, June %, 1862. He
was mustered into the United States SER
vice as corporal July 9, 1862; promoted
sergeant January 81 1864; list sergeant
February 1, 1865; second lieutenant,
Co. H, March 6, 1865; first lieutenant,
Co. c, May 2, 1865; transferred to Co.
A, June 13, 1865, and promoted captain
July 8, 1865; mustered out of the United
States service December l, 1865. He
was one of the very best soldiers and
officers of the 9th Vermont regiment,
and, returning from the service of his
country with a splendid record, he
studied medicine, and became one of the