St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-05-20
VERMONT NEWS
g. fleetwood In Bos ton.

IA IINIAOANA Ava w ~
Gee Fleetwood in Boston.
.,s,rbsrs of the Vermont associa-
.Ia of Boston at a smoke talk held at
non VI Westminster May IA paid at
tH1 n,, "a, the anniversary of the capture
i5a'r ,.' by Ethan Allen. AS the
o. I f,,,sst and speaker the association
CHS, e., of State Fleetwood of Yer.
Sou s., Oln introduced him and he
INV, an interesting review OF the history
e tS.ts Green Mountain state.
o. n i.' rst.rred to the achievement of
,n.a and his men in the capture of the
n",gsr i,rtress without bloodshed as one
M f,L. decisive victories in the country's
..,[.,r. for liberty. He referred to Yer
.''-7 as state where integrity was the
. .'. virtue, and where, unlike other
...@,sssrd clt,es it needed not a Roose-
''I,n~a Jerome to break through the
n ,aags ot corruption and make truth and
;,st,ce reign .u their accustomed places.
Fl IN soeakng ON the school question
81 e., Fleetwood said; The present sys-
srofsho0s IN the city is gradually
.~otbern. the DID, and while modern
;~oroycmea. along this line may be of
Il sIraougei, may tend to make the next
rsrsrltiaa less self reliant, Our old
4 3,barel schools in Vermont, while
Il Ig-lsh3u.uy WAYS, turned out great
men Il i, u.t always the knowledge of
MANY things bat the power over a few
Il tha. counts.
LOYAL Legion Officers.
The l-tuaaaual meeting of the Yer
mon. umunIery Military Order of
t5e L5yU Legion, was held in Burling-
nm Wednesday, the following officers
heinz elected Captain, Urban A. Wood
b9ry of Burlington; senior vice COM
maade- Lieut. joel H. Lucia of Montpe-
Ter. Junior vice commander, Assistant
Surgeon Granville p. Conn of Concord,
XII recorder, Breyet Capt Henry o.
Wheeler Of Burlington; register, Lieut.
Carlos D. Williams of Burlington; treas
rtr. Companion Charles E. Beach of
Burlington; chancellor, Lieut. Curtis A.
Hubdardo Darlington; chaplain John
E. Goodrich ot Burlington; councillors,
Brig Gen. Stephen p Iocelyn of Burling-
ton. Companion Fletcher d. Proctor OF
Proctor Companion William Seward
Webb ot sHeluurnc, Surgeon Walter S.
Vincent Darlington, Captain Edwin A.
How, Of .gdIow
Memorials were presented on the
deaths ut Senator Redheld Proctor of
Proctor Aaasa Sawyer Tracey of North
Troyaud Carroll Perley Pitkin of Mont
9e.cr Following the business meeting
a mau,. was served at the Van Ness
l9as. a. which the principal speaker
was MAJ II. ". Hovey of Mortified,
whose s..'e,, was Life in the Philip
pines
Found Dead in Woods.
F-l Hitchcock, aged so, was found
ieaiu a little patch of woods in Tilton
T. H.. May L. BY Miss Daisy Hunter, a
trained nurse at Tilton seminary, and
teacher, Miss $. A. Low, from the same
school. while they were out mayhower-
ng The uu was woodchopper and
disappeared last October 1t is supposed
that dea.d been lying dead in the woods
since October He was identified by a
time book a his pocket. Two bottles of
l0ho. were found by his side, one of
which WIS oearIy empty Between Sc
and S. and his watch were also found, |
He has wife living in Hardwick.
NrmI Mrs Albert Camp of Chelsea
Observed their 25th wedding anniver-
@ryruen,.g one of the unique features
Of The occasion was the serving the |
guests az retreshments with raspberries
which Mrs Camp canned the first sum
nc after a.r marriage, and she still has |
asuppy adspberries that she canned
atae same time, which she is saving to
@weon her 10th anniversary.
10000 for Hospital.
Hospital week in St. Adams ended |
Nay Q, when the welcome an
rmceaH, was made that the S10,-
'0l fund had been raised and a little |
nore,oo The receipts showing $40, 1858, |
w,ao.a.I returns expected.
The "aWus Hospital association,
packed .g valiant band of volunteers,
@sNorasl nobIy all through the week |
and. their efforts, under the guidance |
q ,aeHoa Fuller c. Smith, who origin
atcd tue idea and worked out all its
details are the honors due. The hos
p,a. needs more money, though, about |
$1,000 and a campaign will now be
begun 10 tho other towns Of the county |
to try and raise this sum. With this
ADDED sum at its disposal, the hospital
le5t can be cancelled, the unfinished |
wing completed, and the institution
placed la Ill self sustaining basis, it is ex-
Fc,ed for all time.
Killed Cow and Self.
Leroy iialen Of Swanton Center COM
4.t'ed suicide by hanging early Thurs
Jay morning He had been acting some
what strangely all the winter and his |
mental trouble OF late had become more
marked. Certain business matters had |
weighed upon him and his wife had |
watched nm closely for several months. |
thursday morning he went to his work, |
az usual and not returning at the &C.
y1s,'oued time, Mrs Hazen found that
1eaad hanged himself with a rope in the |
'af1 a peculiar circumstance, showing |
.'5 condition Of Mr.. Hazens mind, was
~' act that he killed his cow and the
ygdy OF the animal was found dead in |
We barn with him. Mr.. Hazen was 35 |
years Old and is survived by wife and |
olT small children.
Accidentally Shot.
5Ied Sears of Middlebury, aged II |
!HsaS was found in an unconscious con-
Gaoa early Friday afternoon, having |
ySy a saot through the abdomen with a
o"D 'roW 22caliber rife. The ball |
.ooA an upward course and the lad is in |
Livery SERIOUS condition. Little can be