St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-05-13

whlcn she is member gave the annua
May ball. Mrs. Miller attended. anf
with her son-in-law, for a partner, parti
cipated in the grand march. During tn,
summer a portion of each day is spent II
her garden, of which she takes the entire
care.
State WoOdmen at st. Adams.
The following officers were elected
May 8, at the state meeting of the
Modern Woodmen of America: State
deputy, A. o. Palmer of Burlington
district deputies, P. M. Libby of Mont
peher and II. c. Goss of Irasburgh; head
physician, DR.. E. A. Barrows of Hart.
ford state consul, James E. Bvrne OF
Bellows Falls; state clerk, B. L. Hall OF
Shetheld; state advisor, O. A. Bachand
OF Swanton; state banker, lanes
Powers of Mortified; state escort, F. E.
Hitchcock OF West Derby; state watch.
man, 0. Taylor Of Bridgewater; state
sentry, E. l.. Harrington of Shelburne.
The contests came in the election of
delegates to the national head camp to
be held at Peoria, ILL.,, June 16. There
were several candidates p. M. Libby of
Barre, Benjamin Gates of Montpelier,
and N. A. Norton of Lyndonville being
chosen. The alternates are c. L. Dive of
Rutland, {. E w. Brown of Burlington
and DR.. ]. F. Wilson of Fair Haven. A
grand ball attended by 800 couples was
held May 6. The next convention. in
May, 1911, will be held in Newport.
Burglars at Montgomery.
Montgomery was visited by burglars
May 3. The store of N. S. Parker was
visited and William Mossey was held up
at a. m. An unknown man with a
revolver, ordered Mossey to seat himself
on the church steps. Mossev remained
there under guard until taken across the
street to the Parker store, where two
men working with chisels, were attempt
ing to break open the door. When the
door finally yielded it fell with crash
and the attention of the guard being
momentarily diverted, Mossey made a
dash for liberty, running down a back
street, shouting: Thieves, murders"
his guard pursuing him. One shot was
fired at the fleeing man. but missed its
mark. So much noise was made that
the burglars dared not return to their
work and they fed toward Berkshire.
A careful search indicates that nothing
was taken from the store.
Death of Aged Barre Doctor.
Dr. A. E. Field, the oldest physician in
Barre, and one of the oldest living
graduates of Dartmouth college, died
Saturday at the home of DR.. H. O.
Worthen, his son-in.law, aged IS years.
Up to year ago, when DR.. Field re-
ceived shock of paralysis, he had been
in excellent health. He was born in
Berlin, and after graduating from Dart
mouth college in 1916 practiced in
Orange and Washington, for many
years. In the Civil War DR.. Field was
one of the examining surgeons of Orange
county, and later served on the board
of pension examiners. He had resided in
Barre since 1871.
The Wrong Party.
Warren Church of Randolph has re-
ceived message from some unknown
person in St. Louis, saying his son had
died there, and asking for directions as
to the care of the remains. Mr.. Church
has only two sons, one of whom is al
home and the other at Goddard semi
nary in Barre and is quite well; so The
meaning of the telegram has not beer
ascertained. Mrs. Church was greatly
affected by the message, and suffered 6
nervous shock, but at present is said tc
be better.
Killed BY Escaping Gas.
Homer E. Powell of Milton, an attor
ney, was found dead May 5, in room
at the Sherwood house. Burlington
which was filed with escaping illuminat
ing gas Powel's body lay across The
bed, partially dressed, and the theory i:
that he was overcome by heart trouble
from which he had suffered for some
time, while attempting to turn off the
gas. He was 81 years old, and leaves a
wife and seven children.
YIN. C. A. State Convention.
The following officers were elected at
the recent convention of the Vermont
Y. NJ. c. A., at Bennington: President
DR.. !. A. Mead, Rutland vice presidents
F. S. Pease of Burlington and L. II
Ross of Bennington; secretary, W. II
Carter of Middleburv college; assistant
Howard Mandigo of Richford,
The members of the executive com
mittee of the Vermont association o.
Boston dined at the Hotel Westminster
Thursday evening and arranged for q
meeting of the association at the West
minister today, when the principal addres:
will be made by Frederick g. Fleetwood
secretary of state OF Vermont, on The
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga." The
speaker will be introduced by Hon
William M. DIN. secretary of State Of
the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Edwin Noble Merriam. one of Rutland's
oldest business men, a veteran piano
tuner and pioneer shirt maker, died at
his home there Friday, aged rs years
after long illness. Mr.. Merriam was
lifelong resident of Rutland county. he
was a staunch Congregationalist, a
member of the church there so years and
a deacon 40 years of that time. His store
was a depository for the Vermont Bible
society. He had tuned $500 pianos and
over 1000 reed instruments and had
made $500 shirts.
Mrs. Mason S. Stone has presented to
the Payson church at Easthampton,
Mass, a set of six contribution plates in
memory of her father, the late Russell M
Wright of Easthampton. The plates are
of mahogany, with center OF crimson
plush. and on the under side OF the rim
of each appears in gold letters the in
scrintion. "In Memory of Russell M