St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-02-27
Vermont News.
..,onal Meetings at Burlington.

,,ont with the UNIVERSITY vi vermont,
Vernon mon i;rst meeting of the Vermont sec
and lI E+he Classical Association of New
to-, ., a. will be held in conjunction at
Englanu ,,srsitv of Vermont, Burlington,
the n aay and Friday, March Z and 8.
ThuISu"b} of Vermont of all grades are
The :. 'Ii't to attend, and at the same time
in W Ia held the spring meeting OF the
will p' echoolmasters' Club. Among
Ieflnneokers at the meeting of the CLASH
the sP1."c;ation will be Prof. George E.
cal Ass' Williams College; Principal Isaac
H HSomas, Burlington; Prot. 5; F; Emer-
InoiT''T' I. NJ, Prof. Myron R; Sanford,
son. ;G}i5;5 Il. College; Prin. E. D. Collins,
Mldul eO Normal School; Prin. M. D.
0nIlsomd Bellows Free Academy.
C1 Ii.' snh;ect of the conference of the
Inc +, ~" With the University will be "The
scno g Of the Classics" The meeting
S S5ll,tysdoy evening will be in Billings Ii.
lhuI ,, sU and the address of welcome will
pray n.y.. " nv Pres. NJ. H. Buckham. Prof.
Be G. EVE Smith Of Johns Hopkins Uni
hnGt will give an address on The
yefsI.y traditions of Virgil" Friday
LaIs ,;;oa At Williams Science Hall, Prin-
mo NOR p, Rowland will present the top
clP% S,Iotbods of Elementary instruction
&C. cr n and Latin" to be followed by
IN I U,ssS The Study of Greek Prose
d It%ors" will be presented by Prof W:
a' p.,rrooe Niddiebury College, followed
T. discus discussion. Prof S. E. Bassett OF the
wv y vs. H. will present The Study OF
y u y, ~. -" and the discussion following
h % Ge led by Prin. NJ. NJ. Harris of Lyn-
H W. Institute. Friday afternoon at the
u sa,a MI, nloce The Study of Latin Compo-
s :.nr will be presented by Prot. L. c.
3 SiorE Of Yale University, and {. 3. Put
ear Of Burlington High School will open
n.y. n.y. G;srussion. THE Study of Virgil and
y 0 w, will be presented by Prof J. E.
q GC m~d L. Y. NJ, and at 5 O'Clock an
;.iHrnal reception will be given by Pres.
n n'd Mrs Buckham at their home. Fri
4 5 dor evening at Billings Library Prof J
1 p Wheeler of Columbia University will
NJ N;;rs an address on "A Greek Ideal, and
iis Relation to the Teaching of the His
"A tory of Art
"a A. o'clock the banquet of the Yer
,nnnt Schoolmasters' Club will be held at
n the Van Ness House.
Dog Fancier at Rutland.
Robert Mcfarland, formerly OF
Schenectady. y. Y, and owner of some
N oftbc most famous dogs in the world, is
N make Rutland his home. He has
leased small farm on the outskirts OF
tbc city and will have every facility for
brceding high class dogs. Mir McFar.
lands collie Scalp St. Brendan," is an
International winner, Before being i'm,
norted he captured II prizes in Dublin
Il Cork Belfast, Tralee, and Nenagh, Ire
land receiving the Collie Club medal o
Ireland and also special for 'bhe best
dog in the Province of Munster, II
America he has won in ~ months sever
championships, and 81 prizes. Mr.. Nc
Farland has Just been presented golc
medal by the Collie Club of America
81 in commcmoration of the win of hi
rough female collie, Countess Cerese'
at the Newport, K. l., Kennel Club show
III 1905
Colonial Wars Officers.
The following officers were chosen a
the nth annual meeting at Burlington
Friday, Of the society of Colonial War
ofyermont: Governor, Daniel Webste
Robinson, Of Burlington; deputy-govern
N or, Jacob Gray Estey, of Brattleboro
lieutenantgovcrnor, John Heman Con
verse, Of Philadelphia; secretary, Byrol
Nathanial Clark, of Burlington; deput,
* secretary, John Henry Booth, of Platts
burg; treasurer, Harry Stinson Howard
cf BurEngton chaplain, Rev. Thoma
Butler, of Philadelphia; historian
Charles Allen Converse, of Philadelphia
registrar, Charles Edwin Allen, of Bul
lngton; chancellor, Albert futile, of Fai
Haven surgeon, Leroy Monroe, OF Bui
lmgton, gentlemen of the council 70
three years, William Paul Dillingham;, {
y Montpelier; gentlemen of the counc
r holding over for two years, Williar
James Van Patten, of Burlington
Charles Spooner Forbes, of st. Alban'
gentlemen Of the council holding over 10
one year, Heman Woods Allen, of Bul
lmgtou, Truman Chittenden Fletcher {
st. Dohnsbury.
Suicide on Train.
Just as the Boston & Maine train wa
nearing Coventry at midnight las
Wednesday night Conductor W. RoS
was called to the smoking car by II
attempted suicide OF a passenger. III
man had cut his throat while the trai
was moving, He died before being take
TO Barton Landing. The body Wa
placed in the hands of the selectmen.
ms pocket was deposit certificate on
seattle, Washington, bank, made out
tne game of D. A. Mcdonald. Oth'
papers in the pockets bore the san
name, so that the suicide is thought t
nave that name. 1t is thought that
was temporarily insane. No strans
actions had been noticed prior to h
cutting his throat.
Robert d. Mcdonald of Forest Hill
MASS, believes that the man is h
MTrother Daniel, who left his home
NoVa Scotia Is years ago. At thu
Time Daniel was is. He drifted we
ala the last Robert heard from him WI
SVenyears ago.
Death of Rev. Mr.. Malcolm.
Nev' William D. Malcolm died at h
; TTle atSt. Adams, Feb. 20, after lor
mineSS with invalidism. For 43 years
o WAS active as pastor and presidir
m o IN this state, having been twi
PeSldlng elder of the st. Adams distri
~ Ine Vermont Methodist conference al
uute Of the st. Johnsbury district. I
retired 10 years ago on account of
I IHi ne was born in Albany, N. J
cIy r. 1927. Mr.. and Mrs. Malcol
11a1 oo their golden wedding July 2
a aD Mrs. Malcolm died three yea