St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-07-03
Vermont News.
Daughters of 1912.

p ftTs registrar, Mrs. Della M. Sherman.
H. u ~ ren0rts showed that there had been
IN %a;n in membership, the total now
so;ng about so. AS the society was
plin a1,ized in Brattleboro naturally has
, os largest number of members of any
tn nT in the state, but an effort will be
oode 70 secure more members outside.
p 1l,,T Of the money in the treasury will
10 eynended in placing tablet in the
.to+e house at Montpelier commemo-
So+r of the soldiers of the war of 1912.
The society will continue to mark the
1ravps of soldiers of that war, so of
tshpm having been recently located in
Barre cr
dent Mrs. c. F. R. Jenne of Brattleboro
T T presidents, Mrs. Charles H. Thomp-
ond Mrs. H. E. Bond of Brattleboro;
p al secretary, Mrs. George B.
White Of Brattleboro; corresponding
secretary. Miss Allie Morse of Brattle-
boro, treasurer, Mrs. Frank c. Field of
Brattleboro; registrar, Miss Della NJ.
Sherman of Brattleboro; historian, Miss
Loren B. Lord of Burlington; chaplain,
Mrs. Agnes Gale Root of Bennington;
auditor, Mrs Charles W. Richardson of
Brattleboro.
There are 10 real daughters" of1S12
IN the state. They are Mrs. Loren B.
lord and Mrs. r. M. Cunningham of
Burlington, Mrs. E. H. Putnam of Ben
njngton Mrs. Ellen A. Sawyer of Rut-
land. Mrs. Angelica Shea and Mrs. Alice
Nendon of Brattleboro, Mrs. Edwin
lanes Parker of Grand Isle, Mrs. M. L.
Horton of Windsor, Mrs. o. D. Scribner
of Montpelier and Mrs. D. w. Clark of
Orwell
SIS. Convention at Rome.
Rev. E. NJ. Fuller of Burlington, who
recently returned from the National Sun
day school convention at Rome, makes
some interesting statements regarding
the report of the enrolment committee,
Of which he is a member There were
Ills registered delegates at the con-
& yention, 622 of whom were from the
United States. Thirty-three countries
4 we're represented, and SO religious de-
nominations, 80 of the latter among the
3 delegates from the United States. There
/ we're also 81 missionaries from different
Z countries. The United States delegation
travelled an average of 1857 miles
Il going and returning, and not including
L side trips, and averaged 562 miles in
Italy alone. The record of the delegates
official relation to their own Sunday
h schools showed 14o pastors, 1876 super
ntendents, 1894 teachers, 143 scholars
4 and 800 unstated. The next interna-
Il tonal convention will be held in Louis
i vile, KY, in June, 1908, the arrange
4 ments for which are already under way.
BOstOnians to Visit Vermont.
Plans have been completed by the Yer
& mont association of Boston for a pill
4 grimage to the Green mountains late in
August, with an excursion on Lake
u Champlain. A big delegation is expect
5 ed. Charles H. Bradley is chairman of
Fl the entertainment committee. The party
n will leave Boston on the morning of
q August 10 in a special Pullman train.
4 The next day they will take the steamer
II Chateaugay for sail among the islands,
arriving at Keeler's bay, South Hero,
4 for dinner to be provided by the Ladies
! Aid society. band will be taken along
1 for music and the party will arrive in
Burlington early in the evening. Among
4 the guests will be Governor Proctor,
acknowledgements Prouty, Senators
Proctor and Dillingham;, Congressman
Foster and Haskins, Mayor Bigelow of
Burlington and other prominent offici-
+ ais
Decision Against Quinlan & Co.
4 A verdict to recover SHIT. 6S was
i rendered in the United States district
court in Windsor in the case of Frank
Holbrook of Newport VS.. J. J. Quinlan
x Co., stock brokers, of Boston. Hol-
j brook had dealings at the branch Office
IN Newport. Quinlan & Co., claimed
D that this was correspondence office
and that the representative was not
& their agent. H. B. Howe and J. w. Red
mond appeared for the plaintiff and
May and Hill, E. w. Gibson and Joseph
havanaugh for the defendant Court
adjourned to July 8, when a judge from
New York will preside owing to the dis
s qualification of Judge Martin in cases in
winch he had appeared as United States
district attorney.
Strong Wind.
terce gust of wind nearly cost John
ana George Foote of Lowell, Mass, and
hlttredge Roberts their lives Thursday
afternoon while working on a temporary
bridge at the site of the Connecticut river
uam at Vernon. The three men are
carpenters and were putting section of
inc bridge in place when the gust of
WIND suddenly swept both men and
oFidge section overheard into the water
drop of about 25 feet. George Foote
was able to swim and reached the shore
while his two companions chung to the
lumber until rescued. John Foote was
BADLY hurt, but will recover.
New Trustee for U.v.M M.
AT the meeting of the alumni of the
university of Vermont, Burlington last
NeK! tuesday Edmund c. Mower of
burlington was elected trustee of the
University to succeed the late 6. G. Bene-
Ilct OF Burlington. At the alumni
breakfast Rev. E. P Bass, agent of the
university, in the solicitations of an en-
aowment fund, reported that the fund
az present amounted to $475, S44, the
purpose being to raise $1,000,000. 1t
was WAS announced that Prof. j., E. Good
tiCn' professor of Latin in the university,
h hau retired from the position which he
a'S heid tor 35 years. Prof. Goodrich
Is In his 18th year.
Loving Cup for U. VIM.
a. IA-Uov Mccullough has presented to
s snT university a large and handsome
SGnu silver cup, the work of the Gorham