St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-08-26

na'ncs oi Candidates Tor the position OF
coadJutor to the Rt. Rev. Bishop I. S,
Michaud, of Burlington, was taken up.
At meeting at Burlington ten weeks
ago three names were submitted and il
lay with this meeting to approve or add
other names to the list to be sent to
Rome for final selection. The list will be
kept private.
Crushed by Falling Tree.
Elmer A. Barroll of Westford, aged 10
years, was struck and instantly killed
August 81, by falling tree while chop
ping. Barroll was cutting leaning tree
when the trunk suddenly split and the
tree fell catching his head and crushing
1t to a pulp above his ears. 1t was
necessary to lift the tree with levers
before the body could be removed.
Barroll is survived by father, mother
and brother.
Rather than allow his friends to do him
the favor of furnishing bail, W. Stowe of
Halifax will languish in Windham county
Jail at Newfane till next April when the
charge against him of trespass on tim
Der lot will be called tor trial. The bail
required is $500 and friends have offered
to become his surety.
New England's allotment by the
government from appropriations for the
militia for arming, equipping, and camp
purposes show the following for Vermont:
Arm $11 1883; rife practice, $3,926.19;
total, SIS, 7o4.75.
A palm tree owned by Mrs. Kittredge
Haskins of Brattleboro presents the very
UNUSUAL sight of large spike of white
blossoms rising from its top. The tree,
which is now some eight or nine feet
high, was sent to Mrs Haskins by her
brother, Major F. W. Childs, from
Florida. some ten years ago, when it
was a plant so small that 1t came by
mail The blossom, which is something
like foot in height, reminds one of the
fountain plumes" which used to be
worn by the old time militiamen.
The large new horse and cow barns
! and a wagon shed on the farm of Henry
Merrill of Fairfield were burned to the
| ground Saturday. Thirteen COWS, four
| teen lambs, four horses, several calves, a
large crop of hay and all the wagons
and the farming tools were burned also.
A letter from an officer of the United
States army speaks in the following terms
OF officers and men of the First Vermont
National Guard, at the late encampment:
while at Pine camp we had the good for
tune to have the Vermont regiment for
lsour neighbors during their 10 days term
OF service. | tell you Twas proud to be
from the same state that they were.
The regiment as whole made less noise
and did more work than any other Nat
ional Guard organization in the camp and
its colonel, J. Gray Estey, was one OF the
very best, ii not the best, regiment com
manders in the camp
Twin cucumbers have been rather fire.
uuent visitors in gardens in isolated
cases. But in Burlington is garden
in which nothing but twin cucumbers
grow. A half bushel of these vegetables,
all in the double form, have been picked
in the garden of Adney P. Gosselln in
that city, and not a single cucumber OF
the ordinary old-fashloned type was to
be discovered.
AT the present time the farmers in
Rutland and surrounding towns are
suffering heavy losses in the potato
crops on account of blight which has
struck the vines. During the past two
weeks the heavy showers, followed by
the intense heat Of the sun, have literally
rotted the vines. The plants have
turned black, and withered and rotted
away, and the odor from the helds IS
very offensive.
The farm buildings of Osman LOOMS Of
Crattsbury were burned August II. The
fire is said to have been caused by oats
heating in the barn. These were modern
farm buildings.
Mason S. Stone of Montpelier, state
Superintendent OF education, has returned
home from the Maine woods. tie lef'
home three weeks ago and after speak
ing at Presque Isle and Fort Kent IL
Maine he went into the woods. be has
been nearly rs miles from telephone anc
telegraph, with his guide, who was th'
only human being seen from the time Mt
left Green River lakes until his return
there.
Miss Katherine Houlihan, one o
) WinooskIs oldest residents died Aug
10 of old age. She was born in lrelant
90 years ago, coming from the ole
country SO years ago.
Low water this summer and the grea'
heat have caused the death otmany trou'
. so next year, wardens say, the season
will he a poor one for fishing. Some urg'
. making the open season from April 10 t(
InIv Is. a month earlier than at present
, Brooks are high then and wholesale
{ slaughter of fish would be avoided.
| Brattleboro is inclined to young mel
for representatives. In 1904 Clarke I
Fits was elected at the age OF "a; II
1906. Ernest W. Gibson, 81; this yea
the Republicans nominated H. 6. Barber
t SO. Nj. !. Moran, the Democratic candi
t date is in the contest for the third time
Several of the patrons OF the Whit'
Cross milk factory at Randolph hav'
|, been detected in having watered thei
milk. 1t had been known that TOR SOM
: time that there was water IN the mill
that was taken from the receiving
: station and last week the manager ant
an EXPERT examined each mans milk ant
found that four had watered it. Sample
were sent to Burlington and 1t wa
found that there was as high as ~
ner cent water added to the milk IN som
{ cases. No prosecutions have been made
, In Hancock there are 80 names on tn
{ check list and there are hive republican
candidates for representative.
5 The burlington Home for Destitute