St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-01-29


to the feat and proceeded to lay two per
feet eggs in succession. The only inn
perfection in the wonderful product was
a rather thin shell.
Church Penny Savings Bank.
The Peoples Penny Savings Bank, or
gained under the direction of the Rev c.
{. St Clare of the Congregatonalchurch,
Morrisville, started business Monday
morning, January 20, and is now well
under way, with prospects OF patron
age at the outset much larger than was
anticipated by the promoters. The work
is under the direction of the local bankers
and business men the object of the organ
ization of the scheme being to incte
thrift and industry among the young
people Interest upon the deposits will
be paid at the same rate as that paid by
the other banks IN that vicinity.
Fell off cliff.
John Dunn, of West Rutland, aged 81
years, fell over a cliff about forty feet high
on Hanley mountain, in that town,
Thursday, and was killed. Mr.. Dunn had
been suffering from an attack of the grip
and his mind was probably affected He
had wandered away, and when his
brother discovered his absence he follow
ed him, finding him at the foot of the cliff
with bad cash on his head He lived
only few minutes after being found.
A meeting of the committee in charge
of the Y. M. {. A. boys camp was held
in Burlington Saturday, and among the
matters discussed was the question OF
changing the camp site from Franklin
pond to Lake Champlain. While the
question was not settled definitely, a
committee was appointed to decide it
soon. 1t is planned to have the camp
open on July /, and remain open for the
month, halt of the time being for boys
and halt for young men
That the Island Pond school board is
very much in earnest regarding truancy
may be inferred from the fact that
Deputy Sheriff Bemis was sent to New
port last week to secure the attendance
at school of pupil who was visiting a
grandfather at Newport. The latter de-
clined to permit the pupil to return to
Island Pond until he realized he had no
choice in the matter, that the law was
paraH cunt
While on his way to harness his horse
to attend the funeral of Theodore Brown,
his father-in-law, Thomas Ryan dropped
dead Thursday at his home near Browns
mills, Berlin Mr. Ryan had recently
suffered severe attacks of heart trouble
and this was the cause of his sudden
death. He was 40 years old.
Rev. William B. Gift, rector of st.
Luke's Episcopal mission at Fair Haven
for six years. died Friday of pneumonia,
aged 43 years He was a member of the
Masonic fraternity and a graduate of
Middlebury college. He leaves his wife,
one son and one brother, Dr. E. B. Cliff
of Fair Haven. Bishop Hall officiated
at the funeral, Monday afternoon.
Albert Hurd, who works for Lewis
Burnham, of Andover, was going to the
mill with $50 feet of logs last week and
when on Main street in Chester the sled
slipped from the icy road and in doing so
the rocker connecting the forward
traverse was broken off and the load and
driver went over and down the bank
several feet Mr.. Hurd suffered a broken
arm also several ribs, and was badly
bruised
The house and barns belonging to c. X.
Demerse of Gageville burned last week.
The Bellows Falls department was called
upon and responded. The barn was
used as a storage for raw turs and was
said to contain about $4,000 worth.
The total loss will be about $1,000, with
a small insurance.
Alfred Mahan was sentenced last week
to Imprisonment for life with>hard labor
by Judge Haselton in Bennington county
court.
The Goth annual meeting of the First
Church, Burlington, was held Jan. 20, in
the parish house, when the reports for
the past year were heard and business
discussed for the work in the future.