St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-05-15
To Close BrattlebOrO Factory.

and will be closed in about three weeks.
The purchasers operate large factories in
several cities in the United States, Eng
land, and Germany and are the largest |
knitting machine needle manufacturers
in the world.
No Australian Ballot.
The village meeting which was held |
at Brattleboro May 7, was one of the |
quietest held in many years. Dennis M. |
Duggan and John J. Eckles, the two
candidates concerning whose nomina-
tons there was so much disturbance,
were neither one elected. 1t was voted
to dispense with the Australian ballot
system for the future on account of the
trouble that has been experienced at all
the elections where it has been used and
the told time method will be again in
vogue.
Poultney School Principal Resigns.
w. S. Snyder, of Albany, N. Y, who
for the past four years has served as
principal OF the high school in Poultney,
has secured through the civil service COM
mission an appointment in the depart
mental service. Professor Smith of
Boston has been appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by Mr.. Snyder's resigna-
| ton.
To Celebrate Golden Wedding.
Invitations have been issued to the
celebration of the 50th anniversary of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. B. H.
Burt of Rutland, which will be celebrated
with their daughter, Mrs. Edmund
Royce Morse, at the Morse homestead in
Rutland, May 20.
Barre Pastor Resigns.
Rev. w. A. Kinzie, for years pastor of
the Baptist church in Barre, has resign
ed the pastorate of that church to
accept unanimous call to a church in
Lynn, Mass. His time expires in Barre
Tuly 81. Mr.. Kinzie is in Rome at
present attending the Worlds Sunday
School convention and will not return
from Rome before July 10.
Agnes B. Corliss of Cabot has a copy
of her grandfather, James Batchelder $,
commission as lieutenant in the 4th
company in the 35th brigade, and third
regiment of the militia of the state Of
Vermont, and signed by the governor
Thomas Chittenden, May II, 1889
The is made like f, and the seal OF the
state is affixed. The original is well
preserved.
Fred S. Savage, of Granville, n Y, one
of the managers of the Rutland opera
house, has brought suit to recover $780,
900 from the Rutland Railroad Co. II
the federal court for injuries said to have
been received in a wreck at Vergenne'
December 1, 1906. Savage suffered
blow on the head and internal injurie:
and is not yet strong mentally. He wa:
in a Burlington hospital for many
weeks.
lay H. Morgan, veteran OF thu
Twenty-second New York regiment
dropped dead at Rutland Wednesday
while taking a COW to pasture, attei
performing days work at the How
scale factory. A wife and two som
survive him.
, Capt. William Newell, the last OF tn
!, FIVE captains of the third company 0
Vermont Sharpshooters in the Civil
!, War, died last week Tuesday at hi
? home in Woodford. Mr.. Newell was :.
, years old and enlisted from Dorset. III
was first sergeant, commissioned secont
lieutenant, later captain, served thre
years, and was discharged because o
wounds.
The first Baptist church of Pownal ha'
extended call to Rev. Charles Z. Vai
$ Setback, of Bennington. Should NJ =,
$ accept, which seems probable, ne VII
n take up his labors with the church Jun
K /. He was for nine years pastor OF tn.
Baptist church at Ulysses, Pa. he lei
e that place at the earnest solicitation o
c the Rev. DR.. w. A. Davidson, OF Burning
:, ton, Baptist state missionary, who need
&c ed a good man to take up the colportag
3 work in the state. Mr. Van Scha,cl
e now thinks best to return to reguia
II pastoral work.
Rev. Ira E. Pinney has resigned tn
pastorate of the Congregational shurc
q at North Hyde Park, to become etfectiV
- June l.
~ The Brattleboro Y. M. c. A. has
y total membership of 277, including II
y active members. The average daii
Z attendance at the rooms the past yea
- has been 1O4. At the anniversary exc
q !" cises May 10, Henry Bond, of Greehell
=, =, Mass, will give the principal addreS
~ and Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor OF Procto
r. talk.