St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-04-17
VERMONT NEWS.
n...h of Col. G. G. Benedict.

=. bod spent the Wllltel III ehe oouth
he nau as JIeturning home with his wife.
ana was horn in Burlington, Dec. 10,
Ino S'I Of good New England stock,
lozo, ,.o vi Grandfather being chaplain
MS - Connecticut regiment in the revo-
IL n4 ;o war. He was graduated from
u l'iG Jin;yersitv of Vermont in the class of
INC to,4 20, and has been an active member of
lof hoard of trustees ofthat institution.
I II!. war war record was a notable one. AS
MS ,o mJ of the 18th Vermont regiment
a a. 'n served throughout the term of that
n Sr IN and at the battle of Gettysburg
s,,ed as aide.de-camp on the staff of the
s sIlIr Brigade. For distinguished SER
os ;oe in that battle Congress awarded
w, medal of honor. In 1865 he was
n assistant inspector general in the YER
'nont militia and in 1886 he served as
l. na Of the colonies on Gov. Dillingham;
o Yto# He was for several years engaged
=; s,' The building of telegraph lines in YER
~ no I and was president of Vermont
luU Boston Telegraph Company,
a we'll as a director in the National Life
assurance Company. He was the
tL l,u president of the Vermont His
4 nU Society and left monumental
historical work, being the history of the
Vermont troops in the civil war. He
was a stalwart republican, delegate to
ths republican national convention in
1850. a former chairman of the state
committee;a member of the Vermont
4 Senate 1851 and collector of the port
If Burlington through the Harrison
administration.
d In 1853 he became connected with the
Burlington Free Press and until the time
T his death was the editor of the paper.
His service of over 90 years is probably
tbe longest in this country.
In 1853 he married Miss Mary KEEL
locg of Canaan, New York, who died in
n 1884, leaving a daughter, Mary Frances.
In 1864 he contracted a second marriage
\ with Miss Katherine A. Pease, daughter
i ofthe late President Calvin Pease of the
N University OF Vermont. He has one son,
n George Willis, born in 1872.
Manual Training School.
Woodstock is to continue next summer
h themanual training school which proved
50 popular and valuable last year. l..
SW Wahlstrom of the Ethical Culture
n School, of New York city, will be in
n charge of the work. Glasses in wood
working will be formed for both day and
evening. A special farm boys and
II girls" class viii also be organized for
4 those who live at some distance from the
N town
n The work of the classes last year
b consisted of plain substantial article:
n of furniture and was very favorably
VI commented on. 1t is expected that tn,
N attendance this year will be even larger
NJ than last year.
special class will also be formed fol
Y teachers who wish to become familiar
81 with this form of work with a view tC
N introducing it into their schools. Mr.
Sd Wahlstrom has had considerable expert
II ence in this form of school work, both a
NJ a special teacher and supervisor in New
"a York city and Indianapolis, Ind, and il
NJ thoroughly familiar with the work.
There is an opportunity for ten Yer
mont state teachers, outside of Windso
county, to avail themselves of this in
suuction without any charge for tuition
As the number which can be accommo
+ dated is limited, teachers who wish t.
avail themselves of this should apply t,
F S. Billings at Woodstock before Jun
!. 1t is understood that the classes vii
e begin about June Is.
vermonters at Springfield.
The annual sugaring-of festival c
Springfield, Mass association, Son
and Daughters of Vermont, was he'll
Wednesday night with large attend
ance A program of music was carrie
out, About GOO pounds of sugar fror
Wilmington was served. Luscious ms
pie wax was to be had on demand tn
remainder of the evening. H. E. Streete
presided over the kettles and ladies. {
{. Blgelow was in charge OF the snow
which had been kept in cold storage to
several weeks, as the association did nc
anticipate such plentiful supply as til
days storm furnished. Whist was Ell
loyed after the guests had eaten their n
Of sugar, II. M. Armstrong is presider
Of the society, and Ethan Allen secretar,
The reception committee in charge of II
affair consisted Of Mrs, w. w. Harve,
Mrs, P B. de Wolfe. Mr.. and Mrs. V.
Moore, Mrs F. B. Church, c. f. Cutl'
and 5, J. Wheeler.
Post office Burglarized.
The post office at Richmond W;
broken into between / and 2 o'clock c
the morning of April 8, and the sa
blown to pieces. All of Postmast
Ralph Jones private papers were stole
including his fire insurance policies, al
all the stamps in the Office. The moi
Oh the explosion was heard and short
i afterwards a team was heard driviI
away, 1t was not until daylight TIL
me robbery was discovered, as nobot
went out to investigate. Two strange
were seen in the village Sunday. TIL
d'e at dining place and not at t
aolel and said they were waiting for t
ualn but nobody saw them leave tov
on the train.
5 Train Wreck at Brattleboro.
with shock that shook the town
Soath-bound extra Central Vermo
IA nelght train went off the track on ;
y .ount OF broken rail. last week Tuesd
EN- ;alSht, Just north of the American bui
,IS at Brattleboro, and the engi
poughed into the bank fo1 half
i ;Mns 9 before stopping. The train W
baS snarge OF Engineer Kleinfeldter, a
b bo taken the siding to allow the mort
Fl oouna Boston & Maine freight to pc
8 a. LOO. The train was a dou1
n;ssuer' and when it started to leave
a a,ulng the broken rail threw the fro
M rusne and it went into the bank.
70 r.