St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-03-25
VERMONT NEWS
BurlingtOn Lawyer In Iail.

Holmes OF OF. AIDdHs Ou an execution
issued by Franklin county court, Mr..
Taft having been adjudged in contempt
by that tribunal at the September term.
He will be confined in Jail until further
order of the court.
This proceeding adds one more chapter
TO the many which have told from time
~ time OF the domestic Jars of the Tafts
and of the long drawn out litigation
arising from the petition for divorce
brought by Mrs. Taft, formerly Miss
Winona Brigham. After a sensational
hearing in Chittenden county court, Mrs
Taft's petition was heard in Franklin
county court and bill was granted, the
custody of the minor child also being
giyen to the petitioner. Mr.. TAFT con,
tested every step and following thegrant-
ing Of the bill by Franklin county court
carried the case to the supreme court.
The supreme court affirmed the action of
The county court in granting the divorce
When the court granted Mrs. TAFT a
divorce, almony amounting to SIC a
month was also ordered, together with
money for certain costs. Mr.. Taft has
not paid any of these moneys so that
aGm0ny and costs to date amount to
about $500.
At the September term $500 of
Franklin county court, he was adjudged
incontempt but execution for his confne-
ment in Jail was not issued until within
few DAYS Mr.. Taft appeared before
the Franklin county court last fall and
offered to give up all of his property, con-
sisting of house on Grant street, Bur-
Gngton, to Mrs. Taft, in final settlement
with her. Mrs. Taft's attorneys refused
TO accept this proposition unless Mr..
Taft discontinued cases against F. {.
and c. c. Gillette for SANDER, now pend
ing in Chittenden county court and
promise not to bring petition tor a new
trial OF the divorce proceedings. Mr..
Taft claims that he has not paid the ali
money demanded as he was financially
unable to do so, his legal business having
suffered in consequence of the notoriety
acquired in the divorce proceedings.
Records Of Some Vermont Cows.
Ina paper read by c. NJ. Winslow o.
Brandon at the annual meeting of the
American Breeders Association held il
Washington in January. he gave some
individual records OF cows, among then
the following from Vermont: 'Rena
Mvrtle' $3.50, bred by (. Nj. WinsloW
of Brandon owned and tested by the
Vermontexperiment station, Burlington
gave 12,172 pounds of milk and sac
pounds OF butter; Miss Ollie" 12,u39
bred. owned, and tested by l. S Drew o
South Burlington gave 9 1924 pounds o
milk and 5l4 pounds ofbutter; "Acelista'
1904, bred, owned. and tested by c
NJ Winsow of Brandon gave for fiy,
consecutive years an official test OF SO,
600 pounds of milk and 2, 1877 pounds 0
butter, and dropped five calves.
Railroad Men to Visit Waterbury.
!. H. Hanley, general passenger agen
lt the Central Vermont Railway, ha
made arrangements to have the trath
\ managers of all the railroad and boa
lines in New England meet at Waterbur,
the Goth and remain at the lun until Sat
urdav. the 2Sth. 1t will be one of tn
regular monthly meetings Of the board
The wives of the managers will accom-
pany them. The party will include tn
general passenger agent OF the Gran,
Trunk, Canadian Pacific, New Yorl
Central Rutland Railroad, Boston !
Maine, New York, New Haven and Hart
ford, Delaware & Hudson, Montpelier I
Wells River and other high officials c
the different railroads. The party Wi
number between fifty and sixty people
They will come in private cars and wi
be side-tracked at the local station. FIR
day morning the party will be taken t
a maple sugar orchard and will enjO
the new experience of seeing maple suga
made.
Counterfeit Money in st. Adams.
A number of counterfeit coins half an
quarter dollars, have made their appeal
ance in ST. Adams, and several peop
have samples of the green" stuff, whic
is of such good imitation that most an,
one would accept it without question
The coins bear the dates 1895, 1908 an
1906, and are perfect as far as lmpre
sions are concerned; those OF 1895 an
1903 are OF the proper thickness. but Il
n ones of 1906 are noticeably thicker tina
the genuine halt dollars. The counte
teits are considered exceedingly DANCE
Gus because of their close resemblance
the genuine and because their ring
nearly as good as that of the real one
The counterfeits are darker i'll appearan'
8 than they should be and are somewhi
light in weight.
u State W. C. T. U. Meeting.
At the state meeting at the w. {.
Z. Temple at Burlington, March l
representatives from Addison, Chitte
den, Lamoille, Washington, Windsor al
u Windham counties being present. V
cancies in the list of superintendent
were filled by the election of Eloise
Dean of Vershre as superintendent
Sunday school work; Mrs. F. w. Nash
Burlington, superintendent of anti-na
Il cotics Miss Edith Wills OF Boston, supt
intendent of scientific temperance instrr
ton, was the speaker at the afternoons
II sion. Various plans were suggested
promote temperance education amo
3 the $4,000 children in the public schoo
caet of which was the prize essay pla
1t was voted to offer SIC Tor the be
essay on The Value of Total Abstiner
toa Life and similar topics by the hi
school pupils and SO for the best ess
written in the grades.
Daughters of Vermont.
In a banquet hall, decorated WI
patriotic emblems and flowers, l
Daughters of Vermont and their que
enjoyed an address by Rev. A. A. Sto'
daleot the Union Congregational cnur'