St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-02

graves, missionary bishop to Shanghai,
the Rt. Rev. S. M. Griswold, missionary
bishop of Salina, Kans., and the Rt.
Rev. A. c. A. Hall presided About 60
delegates were present at the opening of
the business session, and 100 sat down
to the luncheon served by the ladies Of
the church, Wednesday noon. After the
address, of the president, Mrs. George
w. Tyler, of Brattleboro, reports were
given by the corresponding secretary,
Miss Alice G. Sheldon, of Windsor, and
the treasurer, Mrs. Charles E. Parker, of
Vergennes; and also by the vice-presi-
dents of the various districts. A branch
of the Junior Auxiliary at St. Johnsbury
was admitted
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, Miss Constance R.
Wheeler, of Burlington; vice presidents
Burlington district, Miss Annie T. Smith,
of Burlington; St. Adams district, Miss
Louisa Brainerd of St. Adams; Rutland
district Mrs. ]. G. Newsom, of Rutland;
Windsor district, Mrs. w. A. Mead, of
Hartford; Montpelier district, Mrs.
George B. B. Denny, of Montpelier; st.
Johnsbury district, Mrs. w. H. Sargent,
OF st. Johnsbury; recording secretary,
Miss Katherine w. Williams, of Bellows
Falls; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Fred N. Whitney, ofNorthfeld; treasurer,
Mrs. Charles E. Parker, of Vergennes;
general secretary of Junior Auxiliary,
Mrs. F. S. Hutchinson, of Enosburg
Falls; secretary of Periodical Club, Mrs.
w. N. McDunnough, OF New York The
president appointed Mrs. Mead first
vice-president and E. P. ellison of Rut-
land, auditor. The following delegates
to the triennial meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary at Richmond, Va, next month
were elected Mrs. George Bliss, of Bur-
lington, Mrs. S. Halstead Watkins, of
St. Adams, Mrs. Charles B. Carpenter,
of Brandon, Mrs. Spencer w. Hindes, OF
Burlington.
Address were given by Miss Julia A. c.
Jackson, of Porto Rico, formerly of
Brandon, and Bishop Graves.
Among the clergymen present at the
meeting beside those participating in
the services are Rev. W. ]. M. Beattie, of
Enosburg Falls, and the Rev. W. c..
Bernard, of Bedford, Que, formerly
rector of Holy Trinity church, Swanton.
League of Postmasters.
At a meeting held at Richford, Wednes-
day, an organization to be known as
the Vermont State League of Fourth
Class Postmasters was instituted. The
object of the league is for the improve
ment of the postal service, care OF the
common interests of the postmasters,
and the welfare of the public. These
officers were elected: President, G. w.
Bracket, West Charleston; vice presi-
dent, V. B. Corey, Bridgewater; secre-
tary. w. B. Curtis, Sheldon treasurer,
c. B. Clark, Pawlet; executive COM
mittee, the president. vice president and
secretary, Ralph Sherry of Groton and
Albert c. Stetson of Jacksonville. The
president and secretary were chosen
delegates to the national convention to
be held in Washington, D. c., Oct. % to
"a. The next annual meeting of the
league will be held at White River
Junction.
Vermont Advent Conference.
The annual conference of the Advent
Christian church was held recently at
Waterbury. Among those who attended
were Rev. Mrs. M McKiustry, Rev. O..
w. Heyer, of Richford, Rev. o. E. Beck
with of Hartland, Rev. J.. A. Reed of
Bridgewater, Rev. H. E. Sweet of Little
ton, N. H., Rev. H. D. Selby of North
Hyde Park, LA. Clark of Strafford, Mrs.
W. c. Bugbee, A. Knowlton, and 6. A..
Rice, OF Bridgewater, B. L. Densmore, OF
Bethel and Rev. w. G. Knowlton of
Rutland. The officers of the conference
for the ensuing year are, President, Rev.
w. G. Knowlton; vice president, Rev. P.
G. Lord; secretary and treasurer, A. l..
Densmore.
Game Birds Scarce.
According to the Boston Transcript
| the hunters who make the Vermont
woods the scene of their search for game
during the open season, have already
begun to experience the results of the
! late spring, which caused such hardships
among the game birds. Those who
have sought for partridge, ruffed grouse
and woodcock report great scarcity OF
the birds, and present indications point
to one of the poorest seasons in years.
The few birds secured are all old ones,
! leading to the belief that large part Of
the eggs were chilled before Matching
could be completed, or that the younger
birds persisted in their infancy.
| Locomotives Meet Head-0n.
Two locomotives were damaged in a
head-on collision between Boston &
Maine passenger trains on the Central
Vermont railway near Vernon, three
miles south of Brattleboro, Thursday
night. No passenger on either train was
injured. The cars of both trains escaped
with but little damage. The collision
was between southbound passenger
train from Brattleboro carrying hun
dreds of people who had attended the
Valley fair at Brattleboro, and a specia
consisting of an engine and three car:
error in the receipt of train orders is sale
to have been responsible for the accident
Another Strike at Bellows Falls.
A strike occurred in Bellows Falls las
week as the result of a meeting of thu
village trustees Wednesday night al
which c. E. McEvoy, superintendent o
streets, was discharged because o
alleged irregularities in his bookkeeping
AS soon the following morning as Mr.
McEvoy informed the men of the stree
department that he had been discharged
they went on sympathetic strike, Thu
trustees appointed Jay H. Lawrence 0
Rockingham to succeed Mr.. McEvoy ant
he will bring his own help to take tn
place of the strikers out.
| Washing 0f Mails Of Stations