St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-04-10
Vermont News.
RostOn vermonters Sugar Off.

T : he
o. II III their guests enjoyed their annual
a aangaring off at the Hotel Westminster
r %" many years at this time the YER
foi .,t ms" association has had "sugaring
MOI ~" b t never until this time was the
Oh, 60 realistic. In the first place
Sene was maple tree, filled with sap
tl gushed forth when the tap was
monnI;ed The sap was the clear
apppdnlterated article, as any one could
spr' as it poured into real sap buckets
bnng from sap yokes carried on the
n nhnnlders of real Vermonters, CARRIED as
s snCh are when they gather sap in the
SUI" Groves Of the Green Mountain
''; Then there were the kettles, bubbling
and trothing as the liquid simmered
Dawn Jl, to the right consistency for cool
:"r and wonderful wooden sugar
s m5' made for the occasion from
npanle brought down from Vermont.
Sngar waxed on snow is the most
o onn69roved method with Vermonters for
o @Pti the maple sweet, and for this
sngaring-off there was snow just as it fell
G%m the clouds in Vermont a few DAYS
UOIlI lin - =
lent, Gov George H. Prouty and
Mrs. Prouty of Vermont were the guests
Of honor, and they, with President Ar
tbnr /. Robinson and Mrs. Robinson OF
tbe Boston association held reception
IN the early part of the evening
The sap spouts and sap yokes were
,ont down from Vermont by Mrs. A. A.
Niles of Morrisville, and they were the
relics of 80 years ago. The sap, OF
which every one had drink, was sent
through the kindness of State Forester
Vaughan of Randolph Other friends OF
tbe association sent different mementoes.
One old timer even claimed TO have with
him the sap paddle from North Hero
that the President used when he visited
Vermont when boy.
Besides the sugar there were the
\ doughnuts, such as mother used to
make" and other accompanying deli
y cacies. such as pickles, dried beef, cheese,
h apples and cider.
a Sunday School Statistics.
n Twenty-seven per cent of the Protes-
n tant population of the state of Vermont
a are enrolled in the Sunday schools,
according to statistics just compiled for
the past year by the general secretary Of
Il the Vermont Sunday School Association
Rev, E. NJ. Fuller of Burlington. This is
gain of per cent in the past year.
n 4 total enrolment of 56,924 is re.
ported from 500 schools, out of total
Of $50. Last spring a special worker
81 was placed in the field in the person o.
Miss Edith Nj. Balch of Chelsea, Mass
who was put in charge of the home
department work. Since then there has
been gain of more than 1000 members
in this department alone throughout tht
state, personal house to house canvass
having been made in many of the town:
by Miss Balch and her assistants,
According to the state superintendent
Sunday school work in Vermont ha.
never been so active nor so productive o
results as now. Much has been done il
effectively organizing township anC
counties into districts, and in holding
conventions.
Rev. Mr.. Fuller and party of sever
y Sunday school workers from different
n parts of Vermont will sail from Bostor
a. April q for Rome to attend the World
Sunday school convention there.
Death of Capt. Walter M. Lindsay.
Capt. Walter NJ. Lindsay, formerly 0
the AID United States Volunteers any
n the 9th Massachusetts Infantry, diet
in Boston Thursday. Though nativ
y OfNew York he was educated at Derb,
Academy and lived in Derby for som
time. He was chairman of the schoo
board and later register of probate ant
register of deeds of Orleans county
Later he became a lawyer in Boston
and greatly interested in the militar,
service. He served in the Philippin
campaign and was repeatedly com
mended for conspicuous gallantry
When the military authorities of thi
state determined in 1904 to establish
Service school" for officers similar t.
q that of the regular army, it was inaugu
rated on lines laid down by Captain
Lindsay, who had taken the regula
army course at Fort Leavenworth. II
was made secretary and chief eXecutiv
# officer of the school. He is survived b
81 widow and a mother, two brother:
q and sister, who live at Newport
vermonters in Everett.
That loyal Vermonters, even thong
81 they adopt other states as their homes
never forget the old Green Mountai
state is demonstrated anew in the We
mont Association of Everett, Mas
me association, organized in Januar,
l,9Ol, is one of the largest of its kind
t1e city. 1t has a charter membershi
VI lis former Vermonters and its obje(
Is 10 promote social intercourse anon
It's members, to perpetuate commo
memories, and to celebrate events in II
history of the state of Vermont. tt
TlnCers are: President, Mayor Thoms
!; B,,oynton; first vice-president, Amos
nan; second vice-president, Nelson
Drown secretary, Flora G. Everes
treasurer DR.. W. L. Howe; chaplain
KEY. George H, Spencer
at present the association is plannir
10 visit the battleship Vermont now {
,ne ,Charlestown navy yard. At Il
aPfil meeting there is to be "sugarir
p' Genuine Vermont maple sugar h;
esth ordered and the regular oil
o fashioned Vermont doughnuts will be
Church Debt Paid.
es ne last subscription on the debt
EQUIV on the parish house of st. Paul
nuTeh Burlington, since its complete
~ december, 1905, has been paid al
f aS entire obligation discharged. Plal
b,,;i L1g:modelling and charging the chap
S |11nlldlng erected in 1882 at cost