St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-11-27


will occur under the auspices of the YER
mont State Grange Addresses will be
made by the Governor, ex.-Gov. N. ].
Batchelder, Master of the National
Grange, DR.. L. H. Bailey Of Cornell,
President Buckham of the University
Hon. M. S. Stone, State Superintendent
OF Education. The building is completed
and is now being equipped for instruc-
tional and experimental work in agri-
culture. The public is cordially invited
to attend the dedicatory exercises, or to
inspect the building at any time.
An Old Church Burned.
The Congregational church at Dorset
was burned to the ground early Sunday
morning. A fire had been started in the
heater Saturday night to warm the
church for Sunday service and the build
ing caught from defective fue or Chin
ney. The flames had gained such head
way before discovered that the bell could
not be rung and consequently help to
fight the fire could not be obtained quick
ly. The magnificent communion table
and service, presented to the church bv
friends in memory of Miss Bertha Pratt,
were destroyed. The building was in
sured for $4,000 and was one of the old
est churches in the state, having been
built in 1888.
Newport Laundry Burned.
Fire broke out in the Peoples laundry
at Newport early Saturday morning.
Three alarms were sounded, bringing out
the entire department, whose valient eff
forts prevented serious confagration.
AS it was, most of the damage done was
from smoke and water, two laundry
machines being destroyed and a $4,000
loss falling on the firm and its patrons.
The laundry is situated in the rear of the
Raymond House stables with only few
inches separating the buildings. The fire
caught outside the dryroom from some
unknown cause and spread rapidly.
A $4,000 Verdict.
In federal court in Rutland, Friday
morning the verdict in the case of Nelson
st. Clair's administrator VS. the Cooper
ant telephone company was read, the
plaintiff being awarded $4,000 damages.
Mr. ST. Clair was killed by live wire
while at work ON one of the company's
poles, the live wire belonging to an cleo
trio company which was permitted to
string its wires on the telephone COM
pany's poles. The attorney for the COM
pany moved to have the verdict set aside.
Judge ]. L. Martin set Dec. 81 for argu-
ments on the motion.
Considerable surprise has been occa-
stoned at St. Adams by the fact that
Deputy Collector T. M. Tobin, in charge
of the United States customs Office at
Swanton, has been suspended from duty
for 80 days without pay for alleged dis
obedience of instructions of the collector
of the district. So far as now appears,
the offense is technical one and does not
involve any moral turpitude on Mr.
Tobins part.
Miss Margaret E. Chestnut, court
stenographer, of Burlington, and we'll
known throughout the state, has been
granted years leave by the judges OF
the supreme and the superior court.
Miss Chestnut will sail January 16, on
the Carmania of the Cunard line and will
pass the year abroad, going first to
Naples. After passing two months On
Italy and Sicily, she will go to Paris,
where she will remain for the greater
part of her time. Miss Chestnut will re-
sumo her official duties at the March
term of Chittenden county court in 1909.
A surprise was given her Wednesday
afternoon at the usual hour of opening
court where she was presented in behalf
of the bar with purse of $3.50 in gold
as a token of appreciation, and wishes
were expressed for much pleasure on her
proposed trip.
The Billings library, Burlington, has
received from Miss Emily Garfield, a
granddaughter of the late Bishop Hop
kins, gift of 81 bound volumes, 1863
pamphlets, and A maps. The maps
and many of the pamphlets are valua
Bile contributions to the early history OF
transcontinental railroads in Canada
and the United States, and projects for
waterway from the St. Lawrence through
Lake Champlain to the seaboard. in
which Thomas Garfield was actively
interested. Others ot'the pamphlets re-
late to affairs of the Protestant Episco-
pal diocese and schools of Vermont. The
books are miscellaneous in character
On the 5Oth anniversary of the we'd
ding day of Mr.. and Mrs. Burton S.
Deane of Swanton, Nov Is, they re-
ceived contributions from over 100
friends, which included two tons OF coal,
wood, $40 in gold, and winters sup
ply of provisions. They received large
number of friends during the day.
The pulpit of the Methodist church at
Bellows Falls, made vacant by the APP
pointment of the Rev. L. DIN Sherburne
to the secretaryship of the Vermont Bible
Society, will probably be supplied each
Sunday by the Rev. Us. Cole OF Williams
College. No regular pastor will be APP
pointed until the next conference in April,
1908