St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-15
work at State Fair Grounds.

Work at State Fair Grounds.
Active preparations for the second
annual Vermont state fair, which comes
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Sept. %, 30. "a and 20, at
White River Junction, have begun. Adj
ditional grandstand room is to be OBJ
tanned by moving the old stand down TO
the one constructed last season and Join
ing it thereto. This will make seating
capacity for 1000 persons and everyone
will have a slightly view OF the track.
This work is now being done under the
direction of Secretary Fred l.. Davis.
Entries for the trotting events have
this early been made in large numbers.
In the 2.19 pace, with a stake of $500,
IA horses have already been entered. The
states of Maine, New Hampshire, Mass
achusetts and Vermont are represented
and entries from Canada have also been
made. The Vermont horses are Oradell
b. g., l.. NJ. Scoves, Wllliamstown; Relx
oh. stall, and Micodo, $. c., are entered
by H. A. Harding of Boston; and Russell
Grafton, oh. g., by C. H. Lee of Lyndon
Vile
The 2.20 pace, stake of $500, shows %
early entries. The Vermont horses are
Mabel Hill, b. M, T. W. Utton, Morris
vile; Lucy A, b. m, F. b. Long, Barton;
Silverheels. CHI. g., and Prince Patch,
b. g., John Utton & Son, Morrisville ;
Iris, b. M, J. BIC, Tyler, West Newbury;
Albert r., b. $, and Lady Isle, b. m,
Newport Stock Farm, J.. H, Gaines, New
port; Fred r., br. G., F. H. Roleau, Essex
Junction.
The 2.35 trot, purse $500, shows II
entries, with but one Vermont horse in
the number. This is Barron Wedge
wood, b. e., and is entered by II. a.
Harding of Barton. There will be more
entries in all three of the above classes.
Knights of Honor Grand Lodge.
The annual session of the grand lodge
OF Vermont, Knights of Honor. took
place at Brattleboro, July s. The re-
ports of officers showed the lodge TO be
in good condition financially, but there
has been a substantial decrease in men,
bership the past year. These officers
were elected: W. H. Hancock of Jackson
vile, P. D.; William Wetherbee OF St
Johnsbury, D.; a, D. Ellis of Rutland, v.
D.; A. X. Carr of Middlebury, A. D.; F.
A. Band of Middleburv, 7. C.; L. Piper
of Brattleboro, k. J.; NJ. Perry OF Barre,
c.; E. E. Patterson of Putnev, g.; D. {.
Pierce of Rutland g., and c. p Dix of
Jacksonville, S. The trustees elected
were A. Fl. Abraham of Rutland, George
H. Coleman of Jacksonville and {. W..
Gray of St. Johnsbury. W. H. Hancock
Of Jacksonville was elected representa-
tive to the supreme lodge and Jake Hey
man of Rutland alternate. 1t was voted
to meet in St. Johnsbury the second
Wednesday in July next.
Have Endorsed Ex-GOv. Page.
Lamoille, Washington, Franklin, and
Essex republican county conventions
have endorsed ex-Gov. Pages candidacy
for the senatorship. There was a move
in Mat direction at the recent republican
convention at Woodstock, but for some
reason or other mot in the slightest de-
gree inimical to the candidate) the COM
mittee on resolutions didn't give the
convention a chance to resolve. There
isn't the slightest doubt, however, as to
how Windsor county stands on the ques-
tom Ludlow Tribune.
72nd Trip to Saratoga.
Among the vacationgoers from Barre
city none is more notable in respect to a
long record at one vacation resort than
Mrs. Angela French, who set forth last
week on her Tend annual trip to Sara
toga Springs, N. Y. Since she was lit
tie girl. (Mrs. French is now 86) when first
taken there by her father, she has not
missed year, but has gone regularly to
this famous place, there to spend several
weeks in familiar quarters. Although a
city has grown up about her home place
at the corner of North Main street and
Keith avenue she maintains things there
lust as they used to be before the death
of her husband, Ephraim E. French, who
was widely known as lawyer.
st. J.&L. C. Coal Sheds Burn.
The trestle coal sheds of the St. Johns
bury g. Lake Champlain Railroad COM
panv at Swanton were destroyed by hire
luly s, together with about 900 tons Of
coal. Fortunately this was only about
half of the quantity usually on hand at
this season of the year AS the fire orig
mated in the roof it is supposed to have
caught from the spark of an engine. The
sheds are outside of the village limits,
and no help could be given by the fire de-
partment.
Berlin Man Dies Of Injuries.
Hiram B. Perkins Of Berlin, who was
injured July by jumping from moving
electric car at Benjamin Falls station,
died Thursday at the Barre City hospital
without ever regaining consciousness.
In falling from the car Mr.. Perkins hit
his head against one of the rails, receiv-
ing a conclusion of the brain. He was a
native of Walden and was &c years old.
Mr.. Perkins is survived by his wife and
two daughters.
Water Turned on at Swanton.
Water from the new systen from Fair
field pond to Swanton was A1rned on at
3.35 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon. The
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