St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-03-25
Woodstock Rector Alive.

James Episcopal church, Woodstock. has
been obliged to give public notice that he
is not dead as reported recently in the
church press. The publication of his
obituary was due to a confusion of
names. Until recently there were two
men named Rev. Charles Lewis in the
Episcopal diocese of Vermont. One was
Rev. Charles Trask Lewis, who came to
Vermont from Colorado in 1905, and be-
came rector of ST. Johns parish. Poult-
ney, where he died. The other clergy
man is the rector of St. James. Wood
stock. He came from Lafayette, Ind, in
1907. For several weeks friends in the
west of the Woodstock rector have been
under the impression that he had died,
and to add to the embarrassment a
widely read church publication recently
confused the two men in its obituary
columns.
Prisoners will Make Shoes.
The board of penal commissioners, con-
sistng of John +. Weeks of Middlebury,
R. W. Hurlburd of Hyde Park and New
man Chaffee of Rutland last week
concluded a contract with Houghton,
Hebard & Warren, shoe manufacturers of
Somersworth, N. H to conduct the shoe
manufacturing industry at the state pri-
son for from two to five years. This
means that there will be plenty of EN-
ployment for the prisoners, who have
been idle for several weeks and of whom
there are 175 at present. Work will be
started as soon as possible at the inside
shop and the company plans to start up
the outside shop if the town will vote to
exempt it from taxation.
For One General Pension Agency.
After several hours of spirited dis
cussion March 10 over the proposal to
abolish seventeen of the eighteen United
States pension agencies and to con-
solidate pension disbursements in Wash
ington. the House of Representatives
passed the pension appropriation bill,
earring $3.50, 1863, 900, the largest sum
ever authorized by that measure. The
House, by vote of sc to 1879, stood by
the committee on appropriations and
left unchanged its recommendation for
one general agency.
Caught Boys Stealing.
John Sokolis of Fowler, a 15-year-old
burglar, has been sentenced to serve not
more than three years nor less than six
mouths in the industrial school at
Vergennes. while his two accomplicts,
John Kolinski, aged nine, and Frank
Folkoski, aged seven years. were lett in
the custody OF their parents. The boys
were caught March 16 in the act of
robbing the store of the Rutland Florence
Marble company On March 8 last, the
store was broken into and about $13 in
cash, besides other things taken.
Whistle Saved the House.
MIR. and Mrs John LaClair of Mont
pelier were awakened at three O'Clock
1 Tuesday morning, March II, by their
house being on FIRE. A freight train on
the Central Vermont railroad, on the
opposite side of tie river blew the
whistle so long and loud that Mr.. and
Mrs. LaClair were awakened, otherwise
thev might have persisted. Mr.. LaClair
succeeded in getting the live stock out OF
/ his barn and a small part of the furniture
| in the house His loss will be about
! So 900 and he had an insurance of ST.
! 200 on the house and barn.
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Congressman Kittredge Haskins Of
Brattleboro, chairman of the committee
on war claims, through his investiga-
tions into the legality and merits of the
claims brought against the federal
government, has found the government
owes the state of Vermont a balance o.
about $4,000. OF this $4,000 is due
on claims growing out of the Spanish
war and $4,000 on claims growing out
of the civil war, although the latter item
was supposed to have been cleared up {
few years ago. Bills to reimburse thu
state on account of these two items have
been introduced.
Some License Figures.
Complete returns show n licens
towns this year compared with 80 las
year, the smallest number OF any yea
since the present liquor law was adopt
ed. Three counties are dry this year
Caledonia, Orleans, and Windsor, tn
same number as last year, when Gale
donia, Lamoille, and Orange were solid
" for no license. Caledonia county
the only county in the state that ha
voted solidly for no license every yea
under the new law. On the east side G
the state there are seven license town
while the license towns on the west sid
of the state number 20.
Searches 10 Years for Children.
Mrs. William Duval of Milton, VIII
was formerly Mrs. Willis G. Burrough
of New Bedford, completed a 10 year,
search for her two children recently
Worcester, by finding them living with
son of her former husband. She ma
} grown out of their memory, but ate
relationship was established they WEI
glad to go to Vermont with her. One
is and one 13 years old.
$1,000 for Dartmouth.
Professors who have served at Oar
mouth 40 years or more will beneht b
, the will of DR.. John Ordronaux, class
, 1850, who has left the college $50, oo'
The bequest is in trust only, as a specl'
= fund. the principal being invested and II
= income annually distributed among sue
a of the professors in the academic depar
/ ment as have continuously served there
. for the space for 40 years.
Allen S. ZONES, clerk in A. ]. Saleeby
!, store in Johnson, committed suicide IN
Il room over the store March II, by shoe
. inc himself in the forehead with
. calibre revolver Mr.. ones was II yea
of age and came from Brooklyn n.
e He leaves a father, mother ana s'ste
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