St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-15
VERMONT NEWS
rrimi1als Escape from Asylum.

IN and are now at large. 1t is believed
nat neither is insane.
Csrcral night Waterman Glover is
soooosed to visit the ward every hour
sa5 a time clock registers his visits. He
a,r natl ,ng at 4 o'clock to excite his
sa but when he made his 5
s'Jo,k visit he found kent's door open.
H. investigated Immediately and found
.h,+ the men had escaped. 1t appears
. . Kent had pried the latch off his
Soar and had liberated Keenan,. The
tro had gone down corridor to a rear
ioor which opened into an exercise yard
asi had opened this door with a KEY.
The ward is surrounded by a high brick
a.or' Keenan, had taken the frame work
ofbis bed 20 the yard and using this as a
ladder the men had scaled the wall and
.s,rred their freedom. few days ago
Frederick I. Sharp, made his escape but
was recaptured He admitted that he
r.sd a KEY to make his escape, but no
lev was found on his person. 1t is be-
r4yed that Sharp acted in collision with
keenan, and Kent and that they secured
akey from him.
Keatis about 80 years old and is 5
psr inches in height. He has a long
criminal record. He has been in the
state prison twice. He escaped from
Vmdham county Jail once, jumped once
from the window of moving train to
eseape from an officer and cut his head
severely, leaving a scar and depression in
his forehead, and he escaped from the
state hospital in August, 1905. He was
sentenced to the state prison for assault
with intent to kill, and was transferred
TO the state hospital. Keenan, is an
elderly man, about feet 6 inches in
height He has been in the hospital off
and ON for years. He has a wooden leg
and it is believed be is shamming in
sanity He was arrested years ago in
Wndbam county in connection with
mans death.
Supt. T. d. Grout has notified Gov.
Proctor and the hospital trustees that
greater security should be provided for
Guarding the criminal insane ward
Changes Among State Educators.
Announcement is made that Superin-
tendent B. E. Merriam of the Rocking
ham public schools has been appointed
toalike position in the schools of Hack
ensack, \. !. He will there have charge
of 5000 pupils and a corps of 80 teach
ers Mr. Merriam has been in Bellows
Falls six years and has become well
known among the educators of the
state. During his term of Office the
salaries OF the teachers in Rockingham
have been increased 25 per cent. and
manual training has been introduced in
the schools, room being fully equipped
for shop work. Mr.. Merriam is now at
tending the summer school at New York
University, his second year there.
host of educators in Vermont will
learn with regret that our state is to
lose the services of Principal John l..
Alger OF the Vermont academy at Sax
tons River, although his friends will re-
joice everywhere in the good fortune
that has come to him. 1t is announced
that he has lust been elected principal of
the Rhode Island state normal school in
Providence, at a salary of $4,000, and
will begin his duties with the opening of
the year the coming autumn.
The trustees have elected Rev. George
B. Lawson of Brattleboro as his success
or. He has not yet announced his deci-
sion though it is thought he will accept
the position. He has been tour years
trustee Of the institution and is familiar
with the conditions and needs. Mr..
LAWSON has been pastor of the First
Baptist church in Brattleboro for six
years previously at Bennington for
seven years. For eight years he has
been chaplain Ct the First Regiment Yer
mont National Guard.
New Pest on Naples.
The men who chopped down the large
maple tree in the yard of E. H. Deavitt
Of Montpelier last week found the trunk
practically filled with a peculiar kind of
bug the like of which William Cayhue,
who has been a woodman most of his
lite, and Richard Blackall, also at work
on the tree, have never seen. The raw
aging work Of the bug, which takes the
form Of perfectly bored holes about the
SIZE OF pencil some of which go into the
wood to a depth of eight inches, isevery-
where evident and evidently contributed
toward killing the tree.
The bug looks like a mud wasp. The
length varies from an inch and halt to
two inches and halt. The bug has
wings which hug the body closely. Ex-
posed to the sunshine the bug gradually
works these wings out until at full
stretch Some of them would measure
three inches from tip to tip. The body
tapers down to a point like cartridge
and on the end is a sharp pointed needle
arrangement about half an inch long.
IT'S evident that with this instrument
The animal does its boring. The holes
which it bores look similar to those OF
Inc wood pecker. What is the bug, and
1t related to the work which stripped
me trees Of their foliage few years ago!
At the Vermont Sanatorium.
Since the opening of the Sanatorium at
FttSiord December 16 last, SO patients
nave been admitted; 26 of these have
oeen discharged, leaving q now under
treatment. The average length of stay
o. those discharged (disregarding two
PATIENTS who insisted upon returning
nome after few DAYS stay has been IA
weeks 3 days Those discharged are
uaSsihed as follows; s, apparently
:.uTed 3 disease arrested; 4, improved
not improved.
lien len Of those discharged gained from
~ TO 80 pounds each; six from 8 to 10
pounds seven from ~ to pounds
lnIee made no gain. Patients now
andeT treatment are classified as, IL
..Ipents 10 moderately advanced, and
lar advanced.