St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-16

mere was an insurance OF 81 900 on the
furniture and other household effects
| When the fire broke out Mrs. Smith and
her little child were alone in the house
Owing to the dense smoke it was neces-
sary for her to creep on her hands and
kness to an adjoining room to rescue her
child. Then with the little one she ran
quarter OF mile to the nearest neigh
boris house to summon aid.
Body of Unknown Man Found.
The body of an unknown man was
/ found Thursday in a shanty in the town
OF Townsend. The discovery was made
( by Fred Smith of Newfane, a section fire
man. who went to the building to get
some tools. The body was lying on its
back with one hand doubled underneath.
Death had evidently taken place two or
three days previous for the body was
frozen stiff, and there were no tracks in
the snow which fell Sunday night. The
victim was apparently man about 60
years old, Weighing scarcely more than
| 100 pounds. He had long white hair
and a white beard and moustache. Ap-
parently the man had been taken with
heart trouble and had made an attempt
to loosen his shirt to ease his breathing.
/
hastily thrown off were found near the
body, which was clad in cheap shirt
and two pairs of cotton trousers One
| stocking and one shoe had also been re-
moved. While no one in Tuwnshend or
! Newtane seems to have seen the man
previous TO his death it is generally be-
lieved that he formerly lived in Andover
and was at one time supported by the
! town.
Killed in Auto Accident.
Archibald ]. Taylor, aged 45 years,
! prominent resident of Burlington where
he was engaged as florist, was killed
soon after midnight Sunday morning,
| Dec. 6, by the overturning of a speeding
automobile, and his two companions.
/ Albert T. Henderson, aged %, owner of
the machine and Robert ]. Ross, aged
/ go, both of Burlington, were critically
injured but will probably recover Ross
was on the back seat of the machine and
the other two men were seated in front
The automobile was going along South
Willard street at high speed when the
accident occurred. For some unknown
reason the machine was suddenly ditched
striking a stone culvert and overturning
The wreckage took fire from the explo-
sion OF gasoline. People who live nearby
heard the commotion and ran to the
scene. They found all the men uncon-
scous, their bodies being about 80 feet
from each other They were hurriedly
driven to a hospital, but Taylor died on
the way.
Death of James T. Phelps.
James Turner Phelps, vice-presdent of
the National Life Insurance company
OF Vermont, died last week in Boston,
alter long and painful illness. He had
been connected with the National Life
Insurance company for 81 years, work
ing his way from office boy at the age
OF 10 to that of vice president and going
through the various stages OF agent,
manager, superintendent, etc.
He was born in Chttenden in 1915, |
the son of congregational minister,
the Rev. J. c. Phelps who was at one
time stationed at Waitsfed. After pur-
suing a common school education for a |
time young Phelps entered the office of
the National Lille company as an office /
boy and ever since then he has been con- /
nected with the concern in one capacity /
or another. He has been director for |
30- years. In 1SS7-SS he was president |
of the Boston Life Underwriters associa- !
ton, and at the time of his death he was /!
vice president of the United States Trust
company of Boston. Mr.. Phelps leaves
his wife and one daughter, Mrs. J.
Howard Edwards of Brookline, Mass.
Held on Charge of Murder.
Levi Partridge who shot and killed
Ray Coomer in Glover Dec. 5, was given
hearing before Judge II. b. Cushman
of the municipal court and bound over
to Orleans county court on the charge
of murder in the second degree. William
!. NJ. Wright, who took the office of states
attorney December /, conducted the
prosecution and E. A. Cooke of Newport
and Frank Thompson of Barton, ap
peared for the respondent. The testi
mony was conflicting in some parts
owing to the desire OF Mrs. Partridge to
shield her husband. Partridge was admit
ted to bail in the sum of 5000 which
has not been furnished yet. 1t is under
stood that special grand jury will be
called for the March term OF county court
as the regular grand jury term does not
convene until September.
Hardwick Baby Weighs ~ Pounds.
The largest baby known to medical
science, girl which weighed 27 pounds,
was born at Hard wick, Dec. 6, to MIR.
and Mrs. John Herrick and created a
sensation among the townspeople. The
baby died as soon as born, but its body
was viewed by nearly every resident OF
the town before the funeral. The father
of the child is employed in one of the
local granite plants. The mother is
getting along nicely. According to
prominent physicians the usual weight
of baby boy is 712 pounds, and girl
612 pounds. A child that weighs II
pounds is considered a very unusual size.
Medical history records that the largest
babies have not weighed more than 16
pounds.
Horticultural Society.
At business meeting of the executive
committee of the Vermont State Horti-
cultural society, held in Burlington, Fri
day, it was decided to accept Governor
Prouty very pressing invitation to hold
the next annual meeting of the society at
Newport No date has as yet been de-
cided upon, but it will probably occur
some time during November of 1909. 1t
was also decided to invite the delegates
to the next New England conference OF
State horticultural societies to meet with
the Vermont society at Newport next