St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-05

a profit of $60.51 for the month. Two
boys water the fowls before breakfast,
and the remainder of the work is easily
done by one boy under the supervision OF
MIR. Bishop.
K. of C. at Barre.
About 325 members of the Knights of
Columbus were in Barre Thursday eve
ming, the guests of Barre Council, No.
4O1, to witness the exemplifcation of the
third degree, which was conferred by
State Deputy Frank O'Connor, of Brat
tleboro. and State Deputy Duffy, of
Keene, N. H., assisted by the Vermont
and New Hampshire degree teams. There
were 60 candidates, 40 of them being
residents of Barre. After the work a
banquet was served at which DR.. I. E.
McSweeney, of Barre, officiated as
POSTMASTER
County Y. M. C. A. Secretary.
The state executive committee of the
Y. M, c. A. have extended a call to
William S. Coleman, of Dover, Me-, to
become secretary of county work
throughout the state. Mr.. Coleman is
a graduate of Bates College and has
been identified with the association
work for good number of years. He
will begin work July Is.
Paul Dillingham; Appointed.
Paul S. Dillingham;, of Montpelier, has
been appointed clerk of the senate COM
mittee on immigration in the place made
vacant by appointment of Walter w.
Husband, of Montpelier, as one of the
secretaries of the joint commission of the
senate and House, now abroad. The
salary of the clerk of the senate commit
tee on immigration is 81 800 year.
A serious accident occurred at New
port, Thursday, when the mixed train,
going north at one o'clock, was drawing
out of the station, Eugene Dagenais. 10
years old, attempted to board the NOV
ing train and lost his balance and was
drawn under the wheels, crushing his leg
so badly that amputation was neces-
sary. He was taken to the local hos
pital, where his leg was cut off just
above the knee.
Elias S. Peck of Clarendon Springs,
aged IS years, was drowned May % in
an abandoned quarry hole, about halt a
mile from his home. He went out for a
walk in the morning. When he did not
return search was made and his body
was found in Is feet of water. He
was subject to severe headaches and it is
thought that he might have stopped
over to battle his head, and losing his
balance had fallen in and was drowned
He is survived by two sons.
Dwight Niles, who was indicted al
Newport, by special grand jury, fol
murder in the first degree in shooting
his wife, has been taken to the state
hospital for the insane at Waterbury
for observation.
Mrs. Addie F. Stone, widow of Rev
Levi H. Stone, the first chaplain SEN
out from Vermont to the civil war, dice
at her home at Castleton, May %
She was 81 years.
Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor has ap
pointed A. A. Olmstead, of Newbury, ;
| member of the commission to investi
gate the subject of taxation to fill tn
vacancy caused by the resignation o
/ lanes H. Williams, of Bellows Falls.
Helen, the two-year-old daughter G
Mrs. William Fox, of Pittsford, wa
drowned May 81 in a watering troug
near the house. The child was playing
near her mother and fell into the troug
when her parent stepped into the hous
for moment. The body was in tn
water only two minutes but attempt
at resuscitation failed, although medca
aid arrived almost Immediately.
George Bowtell, of Bellows Falls, 70
the past several years aconductor on tn
Boston & Maine railroad betwee
Bellows Falls and Fitchburg, Mass
pleaded guilty in Windham count
court at Newfane to stealing tickets an
on six counts was fined $500 and cost
which he paid. Hatch and Bellows.
Bellows Falls shoe firm which has ais
conducted a ticket business is charge
with receiving stolen property.
The stewards of the Burlington di'
trict of the Methodist Episcopal church
met at Rutland last week and 1t wa
voted to increase the salary of Presidin
Elder P. L. Dow, of Rutland, to $1,000
Ri. Rev. Bishop John S. Michaud of tn
Roman Catholic diocese of Burlingto
, has appointed Rev. Joseph Campeau
Sheldon Springs, to take charge OF s
i, Iohn the Baptist's parish at Enosbur
. Falls. He succeeds Rev. ]. B. McGarr,
who has been compelled by illness t
= relinquish his work. He has been Ill ic
: several months and is now in hospit;
3 at Proctor, his former home.