St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

Growth of the Grange.
state Master George w. Pierce states
that since the campaign for the organiza-
tlon OF oranges was begun in this state
- months ago, 80 oranges have been
organized with charter membership of
nearly 5000. There are now 1SO
subordinate oranges and 10 pomona
oranges in the state. E. M. Pike of
Brandon has been appointed official re-
porter Tor the national grange paper.
published in Philadelphia.
Rutland May Form BallOOning Club.
There is an indication that ballooning
may supplant league baseball in Rutland
this summer. The idea of the business
men who are at the bottom of the pro-
Iect is that the novelty of balloon ascen-
sions would do more to advertise the
city than baseball. Rutland is the first
vermont town to consider an aero club.
the incentive having been given bv the
success OF the North Adams and Pitts.
field clubs.
Rollin Brown, employed at the farm of
DR.. W. S. Stevens of St. Albans. AZ
Enosburg, met with a serious accident
at the sugar house last week. After
lighting the fire he was sitting in front
OF it when terrific explosion wrecked
the big evaporation and blew the brick
arch to pieces. 1t is supposed that
dynamite had been placed in the fire by
some mscreant to kill ANYBODY that
came along. Brown was able to stagger
from the building but could not tell
what had happened.
The general store of |. NJ. Griffith at
East Dorset was burned Friday morning.
the loss being estimated at $4,000. A
Manchester FIRE company was called but
arrived toe late to be of assistance. The
villagers saved about a quarter of the
stock OF goods. The building was
situated near the railroad track and a
spark from locomotive is supposed to
have started the fire.
In order to collect tax claim of SIS
tor sewer connections that the board of
health ordered to be made at his FIVE
houses, horse OF E. N Rising, deacon
OF the Baptist church at Randolph, was
put up at auction last week and bid off
by Horace Howard for ST. which is to
apply on the debt
AT the Goth annual meeting of the
Montpelier w. c T. IT,, recently held, Mrs
g. B. b. Denny was elected president of
the union for the Goth successive year.
At an adjourned meeting of the library
committee of Bellows Falls, it was voted
to buy the lot under consideration and
the price paid is $4,000, and the build
ing for which Andrew Carnegie donated
SIS, 900, will be built at once.
Rev. l.. F. Reed, pastor of Bethany
church, Montpelier, has received call to
the@First Congregational church, Hyde
Park, Mass. Mr.. Reed has been at
Montpelier seven years. He has not
decided whether he will accept the place
which came entirely unsought. The
churches at Hyde Park and Montpelier
were dedicated the same day, October
25, 1868.
The claim for increased pension, by
Alphonso l.. Field OF Chester on account
of the total loss of sight of both eyes,
has been allowed, after repeated rejec-
tions. He will be allowed 500 per
month from Nov. Is, 1907. He received
a pension OF $24 per month for the loss
OF sight of one eye. but became totally
blind several years ago.
Rev. Willis O'Bren Pardow of the
Church of St. Ignatius Layola. in New
York, announces that Mrs Hetty Green
loaned the church 100000 with which
the parochal school, recently opened
there, was built. She has also made
other loans to Catholic churches, which
she considers profitable investments.
The annual convention of the Central
Vermont Baptists will be held at Mont
pelier, Wednes lay, June 10. The
churches included are those of Montpe-
ler, Sharon, Webstervile, East Bethel,
Groton, Randolph and Barre.
At a recent meeting of Bethany
church, Randolph, it was voted to in
crease the salary of Rev. Fraser Metzger,
from $25 to $50 week and the use of
the parsonage.
Thursday afternoon large fragment
of rock, probably weighing a ton, fell
several hundred feet from the Cliff street
ledge in Montpelier, and crashed through
the roof of shed attached to the house
of |. r. Mcdonald on Elm street, making
a hole eight feet in diameter. The occu-
pants of the house narrowly escaped
injury.
The Vermont State Poultry Associa-
ton has filed articles of incorporation.
Most of the incorporators are st. Adams
men, but the company has the privilege
of naming later the town in which 1T will
locate.
The state incubator record is held by
Thomas Benjamin, of Bennington, 101
chickens Matching from 100 eggs. Mr..
Benjamin lays the extra chicken to
double yolk.
Richard Buzzell of Warren has sheep
that has given birth to three pairs OF
twins and two sets of triplets, IL lambs
in all, in five years.
Pauline, the one year old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Steinhauser OF
Bethel, was playing about the house
April II, when she fell over onto wood
box. striking below the chin and cutting
a large piece of her tongue nearly on
with her teeth.
Salt as a Fertilizer.
Salt has long been recognized as a
valuable fertilizing agent, especially tor
use on light, sandy or WORKOUT land.
IL ;s claimed that an Oat crop on Such