St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-03-04

her husband Who for IL years was
undertaken in Grand Isle county. lie
died four years ago.
The Rev. D. l.. San ord, rector OF Im-
manuel Episcopal church, Bellows Falls,
has rendered his resignation to take effect
the first Sunday after Easter, and his
resignation has been accepted.
Henry Boyd, a farmer in West Charles
ton, committed suicide Friday afternoon
by drowning himself in a spring back OF
his farm buildings. There was only two
feet of water in the spring and Boyd,
who weighed nearly 250 pounds, held his
head under the water and 1t took the
combined strength OF three men to pull
him out, so tightly was he wedged IN.
A strange coincidence OF the affair IS that
Bovd's father committed suicide in pre-
ciselv the same manner last October
The farm house and outbuildings of E.
A. Wood of Georgia were DESTROYED by
fire early Wednesday morning. 1t is not
known how the flames started. Sixcows,
seven head of young cattle and one horse
persisted. The loss is placed at from
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! $4,000, and the house and barn owned
by William James were burned the oath,
loss $1,000, insurance 5000.
Rev W. H. Hayes, pastor of the Old
! South Congregational church and chap
lain at the state prison, Windsor, has re-
signed the latter position. Owing 10
repairs on the prison chapel services have
not been held there for several weeks.
At the power station of the Mt. Mans
| field Railway company at Stowe, FRIDAY
morning, Wayne the five-year-old son OF
S. I. Dana, the fireman, had narrow es-
cape from death by being drawn IN be
tween the belt and the pulley OF the
dynamo. The boy had sat down on the
belt and when the machinery was started
he was carried under the pulley. He was
seen lust in time to save him from proba
blv fatal injuries His right arm was
broken and he was badly bruised about
his body.
The Brattleboro Board Of Trade has
been notified that the Clawson-Hamlltor
Commercial College of New York has
decided to establish first class CONNER
cial school in Brattleboro The Board o
Trade has been negotiating with TINS
college for several months 1t is eX
pected that the equipment will be IN
stalled and the school ready for business
by the last ofJune.
5000 Barre granite cutters went out
on strike Monday. They have been re
ceiving an average of 3712 cents an hour
and demanded 40 cents but later Offered
to sign contracts for one year at Ole
wages. The manufacturers refuse t(
contract for less than three years.
Mrs. Melissa Knowlton of RUTLAND
who was born on Feb. 20, celebrated he
22d birthday Saturday though she wa
% wears old She had nochildren and L
the last of family of nine.
Stepping backward into a pan OF no
water. two year old son OF Mr.. ant
Mrs Charles A. Badger, of WilliamstoWl
was dangerously burned. Mrs. Badge
had filed large pan with. boiling waite
nreparatorv to washing the flo an,
while she was at the door the baby Tel
into the pan.
Mrs. PhiIa Bean. of Barton, receive
81 carnations Sunday. Feb. %, in homo
of her 91st birthday anniversary,
Attorney General and Mrs. Clarke I
Fits started last week on an cxtende
southern trip which will include Cub
: and Jamaica and possibly Panama. The
E 90 by rail to Key West, Fla and theme
e to Cuba, intending to be away iro'
( Brattlrburo about month.