St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-26

the republican ndtlOndl committee,
Mrs Charles Hoag of Rutland, recent
y severely injured in a runaway acct
dent, died Feb. IS. She had been a resi-
dent there for Is years.
Seven horses belonging to N. B. La
dabouche of Proctor were cast away on
a desolate knoll for a number OF days
recently owing to the high water An
attempt to rescue them resulted in Mr..
Ladabouche falling into the water after
he had supplied the animals with grain
for a days sustenance.
The question of a summer hotel for
Barton is being agitated, Four business
men of that town have pledged $500
each and one has pledged $1,000
toward the project
The annual report of the Church of the
Annunciation at Ludlow, announces the
gift of $1,000 to the parish by Rev. Henry
Lane, who died last September Father
Lane was pastor OF the church there
about 20 years ago
The next meeting of the Baptist State
convention will be held in Ludlow,
September q and %. Rev. w. A. Davi-
son of Burlington is in charge of the
arrangements.
John II. Allen of Brattleboro, who was
arrested Feb. 3, on the charge of convert
ing to his own use legacy of 5000 in
tended for John Allen of Ludlow, will
pay back the legacy and probably no
further action will DE brought.
State Superintendent of Education and
Mrs. Mason S. Stone lett last week for
Washing ton d. c., where Mr.. Stone will
attend the meeting of the National as
ISOLATION of school superintendent,
Ex-Lieut Governor and Mrs. c. H.
Stearns, of Johnson, nave gone to New
York, from which point they will sail for
the Island of Nassau in the Bahama
group, going from there to Miami and
other cities in Florida, remaining about
two months.
The ice has gone out of the Winooski
river at Montpelier an unusual number of
times this winter. The one Feb. l 5 was
the fourth. The first was the last of
November when it was about one and
one-halt inches thick December 10, four
inches; December "a, six inches; and Feb.
Is, from foot to eighteen inches.
Fred Stewart, of Morrisville, was
seriously injured Feb II while working
in the woods alone. He was struck by a
falling tree and pinned down and was re-
leased by Charles Brigham, who was
passing and heard his groans. 1t was
thought at first that some bones were
broken but later it was decided that
several ribs may have been started from
the backbone.
Probably the largest sale of raw furs
from one single party ever known in this
state, was closed recently by Fred Blood,
of Houghtonville lin Grafton) trapper
and dealer in furs, to J. {. Burgess, of
Manchester, N. H. There were l 200
red fox skins, 1000 skunk, 200 mink,
200raccoon, 5000 muskrat, and various
other skins. The lot is said to have
brought $500. The turs, which Mr.
Blood collects throughout New England,
are shipped to France.
Maj. James Tandy Ellis, OF Washing
ton d. c., found a tomahawk on his
farm recently. He called attention to
the fact that trmahawks were made Of
granite found onlN in Vermont, showing
that the tribes which made Kentucky a
hunting ground must some time been
conversant with the country III and
around Vermont.
The tenth annual musical convention
at East Montpelier is to be held in Vii
lage Hall, March 10 and IL, under the
direction of c. F. Dudley of East Mont
pelier.
T. L. Fletcher of Woodstock picked
cluster of genuine fresh apple blossoms
from tree on his farm Feb. 18th. By
the way, it was Mark Twain who assert
ed that he counted 116 distinct varieties
of weather during a stay of "a hours in
Vermont.
Miss Nancy Townsend, the eldest but
one of Bethel's old people, died Feb. 16,
aged 90 years and 8 months.
Cairo temple OF the Mystic Shrine will
erect building in Rutland to be used as
headquarters for the order and with
hall large enough for general conven-
ton hall. The plans proposed call tor
a hail. 65 bv 100 feet in size
An unused safe which had been in the
Royce family at East Berkshire for over
two generations, was forced open and
found to contain 500 in bills of detunct
Sheldon bank and $3.50 in $3.50 gold