St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
VERMONT NEWS
change, at Montpelier Seminary.

.4:+ntiOu and Instruction. therein, that
MS ms devote all his time to soliciting
Dc 'n .Is endowment fund. F. M. Howe,
~ D.; NJ, principal of the Seminary since
a .ooe and teacher of science and higher
I'o ,bematics since 1901, has rendered
b lIs resignation to the trustees, the same
HIS effect at the end of the present
. " wear. The sole management of
w. ;nst,tution was rendered him, in
' u. with the vote of the trustees
az relsase Prof Bishop from that work,
t.,t he does not care to assume that
o"a. w, Mr.. Howe's plans for
4be frture are not matured.
W The designations of Miss Hazel An
i,sys and Charles Bowman, teachers in
.be school. have been received.
The attendance at the school has in
.,sased IL per cent, and the largest class
n the history of the institution, 40 in
onmber. will be graduated this year.
The total registration for the year is
200.
Quarry Men at Work.
Ooerations were begun in the granite
onarries at Barre, last week, the Quarry
Workers union and the Quarry Owners
association having come to an agree
ment The agreement was accepted bv
vote of 335 for and 81 against. 1t is
IN he in force three years; during the first
wear quarry men are to receive 25 cents
oer hour and &c cents for the next two
Years. This does not include the Jumpers,
oolishers and boxers unions of that city.
The new bill of prices which has been
agreed to by the operators and manufac-
trrers, calls tor minimum wage of 38
cents an hour for the two years succeed
inc March /, 1908, and 3S12 cents an
hour minimum for the third year. Satur-
day half holidays will be granted for
two months in the year, beginning with
this year The new wage at 3S cents is
cents below the original demands of
the cutters, who also asked for half holi.
DAYS on Saturday for six months of the
year
Veterans Pension Cut Off.
Patrick Chimney of Montpelier has re-
ceiyed a notice from the pension depart
ment at Washington that the pension he
has been drawing for / l years has been
cut Oft, in accordance with a recent
ruling Of the commissioner of pensions,
because the second regiment, U. S.
volunteers, in which he served in the civil
war, was occupied in frontier duty and
did not assist in putting down the re-
bellion The regiment to which Mr..
Chimney belonged was in the Indian SER
vice in the Northwest while the civil war
was in progress. So far as can be
learned Mr. Chimney is the only veteran
in Montpelier who is affected by the
ruling but there must be many in the
state The first, second, third, fourth
and sixth regiments of U. s. volunteers,
to some of which many Vermonters be-
Ionged were engaged in similar duty
guarding the frontier while the civil war
was on
Vermont U. S. Deposit Fund.
There is proposition before Congress
to relieve Massachusetts of an obliga-
ton Of 81 ,338,173.5S. Should it be-
come a law it would also help Maine to
the extent of 1855, S38.25, New Hamp-
shire to the extent Of $500, 0S679, YER
mont to an identical amount, Connect
cutS764, $1,000 and Rhode Island 1882
$3.50.
1t should be mentioned that these
sums are the allotments the several New
England states received in 1886 when
the treasury surplus of over $28, 101,-
6H9l was distributed. Almost every
one OF the present states east of the
Mississippi had part of the big fund
and no one Of them has ever returned it.
Large Herd of Deer.
The largest herd of deer in the state is
undoubtedly that reported by M. A.
Dunn, Pownal farmer According to
Mr. Dunn herd of32 deer has made its
home during the winter on the
mountain near his home. He insists
that the deer were seen by all the
members Of his family and that he is
positive that the count is correct as the
ANIMALS were seen crossing an open
space between two wooded sections OF
the mountain, Deputy Game warden
b. Cullinan of Arlington also reports
having seen Is deer in one herd on Red
mountain.
Fire at Rockingham.
Aloss Of approximately $4,000 was
caused by a FIRE at Rockingham which
destroyed the general store in which was
located the post office, the boarding
house OF Mrs. l.. {. Lowell, and three
dwelling houses owned respectively by
~ Diyoll, NJ. L. DivoIl aud Herbert
Proctor at Rockingham April IA. Loss
practically covered by insurance. The
nTe started in the store and is believed
TO have been caused by an overheated
stove The old church was saved by
much exertlon. 1t is doubtful if any Of
Nne houses are ever rebuilt.
y,N. G. May Not Go.
Adl.-Gen. ". H. Gilmore is not yet
certain that the Vermont National
guard Will take the much talked OF trip
70 FONT Plains, N. Y, in June, to attend
ue national muster and the plans are by
nomeans complete vet. The invitation
10 participate was accepted by Gov.
PROCTOR some months ago. The men
, 5J forward to the trip as new and
u5IlShtul experience though there will be
Eenty OF hard work. If the prepara-
IONS tall through, muster will be held in
.pe state as usual, but it is hardly
thought this will be the case.
Troy Conference Academy Burned.
Inc Troy Conference Academy dor
an'orles. dining hall, kitchen, and recita-
uoI rooms were burned to the ground
SSI,n their contents at an early hour
saturday morning, and 200 pupils
.,SNaped IN their night clothing, losing all
n nelT personal effects. The chapel, gym