St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-05-27
Vermont News.
Colonial Danes Meet

The National Society of the Colonial
Danes of America in the state OF Yer
mont held its annual meeting with the
president, Mrs. E. D. Brown, at Burling-
ton last Wednesday afternoon, when the
following officers were elected; Honor
airy president, Mrs. Bradley B. Smalley
of Burlington president, Mrs. Ellen ID.
Brown of Burlington; LIST vice-president
Mrs. John A. Mead of Rutland; 2nd
vice president, Mrs. Horace H. Dyer of
Rutland; secretary, Mrs. George A.
Laird of Royalton; treasurer, Mrs.
William A. Root of Bennington; regis.
trar, Mrs. Henry S. Bingham; historian,
Miss Helen NJ Winslow of Shirley,
Mass. board of managers, Miss Mary
A. Arthur of Burlington, Mrs. George w.
Wales of Burlington, Mrs. J. Holmes
Jackson of Burlington, Mrs Perley F.
Hazen of St. Johnsbury.
An interesting report Of the ninth
biennial council, held in Washington
early in the month, was given by the
delegate, Mrs. H H Dyer, Mrs. Henry
S. Bingham reported for the committee
in charge of the exhibit OF the society at
the Jamestown exposition and read
letter from Mrs. William Rufin Cox,
president of the national society, in
which she said the articles loaned by the
Vermont Danes helped materially in
winning the gold medal awarded to the
National society. The only patriotic
society in Vermont to help in furnishing
the state building at Jamestown was
the National Society Of Colonial Danes.
After the bushes meeting refreshments
were served in the spacious dining-room
and a social hour enjoyed.
AEative vernonter.
Prof. Leslie A. Lee, who died at Port
land, Me-, May 20, was born in Wood
stock, in 1852, the soE Of John Stebbins
Lee, Ii. d. the first president of st.
Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y. In
1881 he was appointed professor of
geology and biology at Bowdoin college,
which position he has held since. He
also had been instructor in geology and
evolution at Bangor Theological semi
nary. For seven years, beginningin 1881,
he was connected with the United States
fish commission. He made voyage in
the steamer Olbatross from Washington
to San Francisco, making scientific in
vestigations during the entire voyage
and paving special attention to Pata-
gonia and the straits of Magellan. In
1891, he organized and personally con-
Quoted the Bowdoin Labrador expedi-
ton.
A Broken Back.
Harry w. Chase, who was seriously
injured in the recent automobile accident
at Burlington, is still at the Mary
Fletcher hospital and it has been gen
erallv reported that his injuries are of a
much more serious nature that was at
first supposed. When Mr.. Chase was
injured It was feared that his back had
been broken. but last week this was
found to be certainty Mr.. Chase has
been doing as well as could be expected
ND to the present time but his injuries
are of such serious nature that his
complete recovery will probably be
matter of many months.
Child Fatally Burned.
The fve-year-oh daughter of Charles
Dntchburn of Montgomery Center was
60 severely burned May i that she died
in four and half hours Mr.. Dutch
h,rn had been burning brush and brakes
in the pasture near the house during the
afternoon and at chore time had left his
two little girls, aged and s, in the care
of their older brother, who, after while,
went to the house, leaving the girls. In
some manner the fire caught in the
Younger chld's clothing, burning it en-
tirely off. The burns covered the child S
body from head tc feet.
Charles Huntley of Waterbury was
fined $40 and costs of IS last week for
tearing down quarantine sign from MS
! own house.