St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-24

under the present system the name OF
each person is placed on a card which is
kept in its alphabetical position. In
event OF the death of the person the card
is destroyed; if he moves to another
town, the card is put in the forwarding
cabinet, which contains the names of all
parties to whom mail is to be forwarded
Vermont Library Institute.
The Vermont State Library Commits
sion will hold an institute for librarians
at the University of Vermont, Burling-
ton, from June 20 to July 3. The Insti-
tute will be opened Monday evening at
the Carnegie Library Building, with
addresses of welcome by Mayor Bigelow
and President Buckham, followed by a
reception and music.
Tuesday will be devoted to the annual
meeting of the State Library Association.
In the morning the business meeting
will be held and brief addresses on work
with schools will follow. In the after.
noon a round table will be conducted,
several librarians will speak and these
and other helpful topics will be discussed:
THE Best Books for Children" "Inter-
esting Books for Men," Raising Money
for Libraries" "The Buying of Books
Branch Libraries"
The work of the institute will be begun
Wednesday morning under the direction
of Miss Harriet r. Peck, B. L., B. l.. S..
a graduate of the Albany Library School
and instructor in library science at
Simmons College Summer School, Bos-
ton. Lectures and practical work will
be given on the following subjects
"Accessioning," Classifying" Subject
Heading" Book Numbers, "Shelf List
ing" "Cataloging," Care OF Books, -
and Charging Systems"
The evenings will be devoted to lee
lures by prominent people, among them
Melvi! Dewey, author of the decimal
classification and founder of the New
York Library School, and William X.
Eastman, chief of the division of educa-
tional extension in New York state.
No charge will be made for tuition or
instruction and librarians, trustees,
teachers, and those contemplating
library work are invited to attend and
it is hoped that many will take adj
vantage of the opportunity.
Ali expecting to attend should write
early to Mrs. M. H. Buckham, % Uniyer-
sity Place, Burlington, VT, who will
engage rooms and board if desired.
Washington County CuriOsities.
There is a great curiosity at the home
of L. L. Salter, of Montpelier, a living
table The table was bought by Mrs
Salter of peddler some time ago. 1t
was vanished and gilded but the bark
was left on. The table then began to
bud and some of the leaves are almost
unfolded. E. NJ. Smith. of Barre, has a
curiosity in his cellar, in the shape OF a
hop vine. He explains the presence OF
the vine by the fact that he had a key OF
beer in the cellar a while ago and spilled
some on the ground. From the beer
came the hop vine.
Decrease In Valuation.
The returns now being made to the
secretary of state, it is believed, will
show a general falling off in valuation OF
personal property throughout the state.
The decrease is partly accounted for by
the change in law which permits any
amount of money to be deposited in the
banks without its being subject to tax
alton, the taxes being paid to the state
by the banks instead of the individual
paving to the city or town in which they
reside on all amounts in excess OF $1,000
While depositors can have only $1,000 IN
any bank excepting national banks not
subject to taxation, they can distribute
it around in as many banks as they
see fit.
Girls Their own Judges.
Three honors were granted last week
to girl students in Montpelier Seminary
and the students themselves were Judges
of the disposition of the honors' Miss
Holmes, the preceptress, thought 1t
would be a good idea to encourage the
girls in the boarding halls to be helpful
to each other and thus be helpful to the
schools, so some time ago she announced
that prizes would be awarded at com,
mencement. Each student was allowed
to vote on which girl in her hail had
been the most helpful to the other grlss
and to the school Announcement OF
the student vote showed that III the
north hall the honor fell to Miss
Margaret Carroll OF Montpelier in the
south hall to Miss Eula Putnam OF
Lower Cabot; and in the main hall to
Miss Florence Strong of Mortified.
Baby Smothered to Death.
Edward Louis Bergeron, the four
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Bergerson, of Burlington, suffered
peculiar death Friday at the nome OF
Mrs. Joseph Corvette. The child who
was living with Mrs. Corvette, was put
to he'd in a crib Thursday evening as
usual. Friday morning about O'CLOCK
Mrs. Corvette went to the crib to see II
the child was sleeping soundly ana as
covered that the little face was smother,
ed in the bed covering and that the child
was dead Health Officer Dalton was
summoned and after an examination ne
pronounced that death was caused oy
strangulation. Marks on the Dapy
forehead plainly showed where the bed
covering had lain. The child had been IN
the best of health.
Conductor Narrowly Escapes Death.
Charles Prue. conductor of one OF the
shifting gangs in the Newport railroad
wards in a serious accident June mar
rowlv escaped death. His engine, was
sh;ft;no when two cars failed to hitch.
He Stoned between them to open the
knuckle and as the cars came together
his heel caught in frog. Four toes
were severed and the side OF his foot was
badly mangled, and the train was stop,
ned lust as his body was about TO IAN
across the rail. 1t is expected that MS