St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-06

operation revealed gangrenous append
citis, but the patient is doing well. Mr.
Fletcher was taken i'll while returning
with his daughter, Miss Fannie Fletcher,
from Indianapolis. He reached home as
quickly as possible. Mrs. Fletcher and
her daughter were unable to be present
during the operation, as they were still
on their way home from Indianapolis.
Fight with Bears.
Luther Weeks and his son. Clinton,
of Mendon, wood choppers, five miles
from Rutland, had thrilling experience
on Mount Pico last Wednesday, when a
tree which they felled crashed down onto
den occupied by a mammoth female
black bear and four partially grown
cubs, which were alternating there The
animals scrambled out and with angry
growls made for the two men. Weeks
and his son were armed only with clubs
and axes, but they promptly attacked
the bears, which appeared to be slightly
dazed They succeeded in killing two of
the cubs after a long struggle with the
animals, which awakened to their danger
as the fight progressed. The mother
bear, which the men declare is fully eight
feet in height, and weighs about 500
pounds, at last retreated with the two
live cubs, disappearing in the brush The
carcasses weigh about 100 pounds each.
Request to Goddard.
BY the will of Mrs Sarah T. Mower of
Barre, whose death occurred there about
two weeks ago, the Universalist church
in Barre will receive $1,000; the ladies'
society of that church 5000; and $500 is
left to found a scholarship at Goddard
Seminary for poor boys. After a dozen
of these smaller requests are made the
residuary is to go to four legatees, one of
which is Goddard Seminary. which insti-
tuition will receive about $4,000 it is ex-
pected. The value of the estate is
estimated at about $4,000. At the
time of her death Mrs. Mower was SO
years old, and the oldest female resident
of Barre.
Probably Oldest Minister in State.
Rev. Thomas S. Hubbard, the oldest
minister of any denomination in that
vicinity, and probably in the state, and
the Oldest Congregational minister in
Vermont, died suddenly of apoplexy at
his home in Stockbridge at midnight,
Wednesday, aged 90 years. He has
been an active factor in the religious lite
of that section for 70 years having
served the Rochester Congregational
church as pastor in the early 4Os. His
daughter is the wife of Chancellor w. D.
McCacken, of the University of the City
of New York
Main Breaks at Swanton.
Supt. D. M. Bliss of Swanton had
large force of men on the Missisquoi river
last week repairing the break in the main.
which was caused by the heavy pressure
of ice breaking the pipe. There is very
little water, the river being frozen nearly
to the bottom. By arranging to pump
water from the river, in order to supply
its boilers with water the cartridge
factory has been able to resume work.
The petition ofthe defendant for stay
of execution in the case of Wilson VS..
Clement was heard at Burlington last
week by Judge James L: Martin. Mr..
Clement was represented by w. B. c.
Stickney, of Bethel and Mr.. Wilson by
Max L. Powell, of Burlington. The
decision was withheld. The execution
which it is sought to stay is for $1,000,
being the judgment awarded the defend.
ant by the late Judge Wheeler in the
$4,000 libel suit.
Through the kindness of his towns
people, ]. E. Parkhurst of Weston, a
merchant who was burned out recently,
will be able to begin business anew
almost at once. He lost his entire stock
valued at SIS, 900 and had only $4,000
insurance. The villagers have raised
81 900 by subscription to build him
new store, the only condition going with
the gift being that he reserve one small
room for the village library.
1t was necessary two days last week
to carry the mail from Waterbury to
Stowe by team as the furious storm
drifted the snow badly, tying up the
Mount Mansfield electric railway.
More than 20 western horses the prop
erty of Noyes & Scott, Rutland horse
dealers, broke out of car on siding
near the fair grounds recently, and ran
all over the city. Several of them took
to the roads leading out of the city.
Several men spent the night rounding
them up