St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-10-21

Union was held IN the church at Ludlow,
Wednesday afternoon and evening. Mrs.
+. F. Palmer, Jr., of Waterbury spoke of
the children's work; Mrs. E. l.. Wyman
OF Manchester Center spoke of the Young
peoples work; Mrs Rebecca z. Fair
banks of St. Johnsbury reported the In
ternational Conference of Home Mis-
sions at Mortified, and Miss NJ. Alice
lsely of Utah told of the work done by
the schools in her state under the Con
gregational Education Society. At the
evening meeting Miss Winifred Eddy
gave an account of her work in the
rural districts of Vermont Miss lsely
told of the work among the Mormons
and the need and growth of the schools
in which she has labored
Seventh Day Adventists Organize.
Articles of association of the Vermont
Conference of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventsts have been filed at the Bur
lington city clerks office The sub
scrbers are Oliver Montgomery of
Burlington, Thomas H. Purdon of Rut-
land, Orvil 0. Farnsworth of Jamaica,
Amos p. Needham of Vergennes and w.
E. Fortune of Burlington. The asso-
citation is formed for the purpose of
unifying and extending the work Of the
gospel in Vermont and in Coos and
Grafton counties, n H., in the mission
fields of the world, and in such addi-
tional territory, wherever situated, as
shall hereafter by vote of the corpora
ton be designated and described.
State Automobile Club.
About Is members were present
Thursday afternoon at the fifth annual
meeting of the Vermont Automobile
club at Montpelier. They elected these
officers: President, w. B. Brown. Spring
field vice presidents, A. c, Whitney OF
Burlington, and J. NJ. Boutwell, of Mont
pelier secretary and treasurer, L. b..
Green, Montpelier; director, {. H.
Slocum, Morrisville. The club is salts
fed with the Vermont law and reference
was made to how we'll it was considered
in other states. The present membership
is 80, an increase of 900 since last year.
Road Improvement will be the work OF
next year.
Burglary and Collision.
The general store of Juan Robinson
in South Hero was burglarized Friday
night. Two safes, one the property OF
the postoffice, were blown open and the
burglars got away with large sum OF
money, large quantity of stamps and
other valuables. The proprietor will
not tell the extent of the loss.
Saturday morning a large boulder
was discovered on the Rutland railroad
tracks near South Hero, and an engine
on an early train collided with it. The
engine was damaged to some extent.
There is no clue to the mscreants or
burglars.
Good Templars.
At the annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Vermont, Independent Order OF
Good Templars, at Montpelier last week
the following officers were elected: Grand
chief templar M. B, Morgan of Benning-
ton: grand counsellor, c. D. Edgerton OF
Mortified; grand vice templar, Mrs.
Clara Darling of Marshfield; G. S. ]. W.,
Mrs. B. A. Sumner of Montpelier; grand
secretary, E. NJ Campbell of Lyndon
vile; G. A.. William F. Bump of Sails
bury; past grand chief templar c. H.
HAYDEN of Riverside G. E. S., Frank
Plumley of Mortified. There are 81
lodges in the state, with ,062 members.
Fx-Judge Powers Golden Wedding.
Ex-Congressman and Mrs. H. Henry
Powers quietly celebrated the tlttleth
anniversary of their marriage Oct II,
their son. Judge George M. Powers, and
his wife giving a dinner party IN their
honor. The table was set tor twenty
people and the dining room was beautl-
| fully decorated, the color scheme being
green and gold Festoons of evergreen
were hung about the room and on the
table were tastefully arranged yellow
chrvsanthemum and asparagus. he
halls and reception rooms were elabor-
atelv trimmed with roses and carnations
BrattlebOro Pastor.
Rev. DR.. John r. Cow of Springfield
Mass. has accepted call to the First
Bantist church at Brattleboro and will
begin his pastorate November /. he
will succeed Rev. George B. Lawson,
who has entered upon his duties as prin-
c;nal of Vermont Academy although CON
tinuing to supply the pulpit. DR.. Cows
father. Rev. George B. Cow, was pastor
in Brattleboro 25 years ago. Doctor
Cow is a trustee of Newton Theological
Institution and a member OF the board
Of examiners. A younger brother, Prot.
George c. Cow, is professor OF music at
Vassar College.
The body of Peter McEnany Of Shel,
don aged about 35 years, was found
Thursday morning by Martin Preston
of St. Adams town, lying close to the
hay barn of N. L. Corliss' farm. 1t is
thought that McEDany tried to enter
the barn, but was so weak that DC was
unable to do so and fell asleep outside
and died. McEnany had been in the
lneiphborhood of the Corliss farm for a
few DAYS and had acted strangely, prob
ably being demented. The man was
given food by farmers. From the
eemaciated appearance of the body, it is