St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-03-11
Vermont News.
prfsorsr SAYS he is a Forger.

4o-g,.y He said that he desired to be
S.r-,g-,l TO the authorities of that
.1,,r Hiireth said that he had forged
.G.r1r,e of $. A. Reed, OF Windsor, to a
'bs,t for SIS. The Windsor authorities
,,s,. .9rmuncated with, and it was
lasraed that Hildreth's story was true.
A, official from that town went to
Manchester TO get Hildreth. Hildreth
WAS discharged from the Hillsborough
county ail February % after being there
}or weeks for nOn-pavment of board
NJ m, New Manchester house He went
,ndrr the name of H. Mack at the hotel.
understood that Hildreth has done
q wear il the Windsor Jail before for
forgery
Floor of Stable Fell.
An accident that might have been of
far mor. serious consequences than was
The ease. occurred at the livery stable of
IT'D. Tabert in White River Junction
March O. The accident in question was
+braHm- Of the stable floor into the
basement below, distance of IL feet,
and carving with it two men and
eight horses and that without serious
iniurv 90 either man or beast. The men
who went down with the floor were D.
K Daley of North Hartland and Joseph
Wood Of West Lebanon, both of whom
were b.ching up their teams to return
h0m. from the show that evening in
Gate. Opera house. Mr.. Daley was.
standing between two horses as the
floor went down, vet strange to say he
escaped with but a shaking up.
Cost of Our Highways.
State Highway Commissioner Chas.
" Gates Of Vermont reports that the
total expenditure for highways in 1907,
exclusive of cities and villages, was
Slg+. S35.O+ Cities and villages have
used S+53117. About one-half mile of
macadam and so miles of gravel roads
have been built, 81 miles of which have
a stone foundation The expense for
county supervisors has been $500 The
season has been discouraging on account
Of The frequent heavy rains, and the
wide scarcity of help, but even under
these untayorable conditions, the
character of the work done had been
greatly improved under county super
vision
Fell Forty Feet.
While standing on one of the iron
frame, of the new 100 foot bridge last
Friday at Mddlebury, which is being
built 20 connect the towns of Weybridge
and New Haven, Henry Morehead, an
iron worker was struck on the nose and
knocked into the Otter creek, forty feet
below He was rescued bv fellow work
ers A doctor found it necessary to take
ten stitches in the gaping wound on
N0rche3d's nose, both the nasal bones
being broken.
Killed by Falling Tree.
George Gray of Waitsheld was instant
Iy killed in the woods March by a tree,
three foot at the stump, that he and
another man were saving down. The
tree split and slid back striking Mr.
Gray in the abdomen pinning him be
meath, terribly mangling his body and
featuring one leg. log had to be cut
of before the unfortunate man could be
removed Mr. Gray leaves a large fam
lly OF children and mother 80 years of
age He was about sixty years of age.
State Teachers Meeting.
The executive committee of the Yer
mont Teachers association met in Bur
lIngton Saturday to discuss the program
of the state convention, which will
probably be held in Rutland, October 8
70 H. Among the probable speakers
will be Judge Lindsay of Denver.
An Aged Voter.
Benjamin 0. Wood perhaps holds the
record IN Barre in the voting line. He
s9l years of age, his birthday being
Jan. -, and last week he cast his 10th
consecutive ballot, a record which few
men can beat. Mr.. Wood is still in
pretty good shape physically and will
probably vote several times more.
Horse Scared by Bear.
When Miss Bessie Mills and Miss
Mandy Simmons of Middlebury were
driving home from Ripton one evening
recently their horse became frightened
near the big bend by a bear which
crossed the road ahead of the team; and
the rig and occupants went down the
emoanSment a distance of 100 feet.
The Vermont farmers Institutes,
winter series, % in number, have been
largely attended throughout the state, a
JeotaI OF 1000 persons having come under
tnc instruction of the board. Every
county was reached except Grand Isle
ana EsNeN, where field meetings will be
held NEXT lall
a letter from Benjamin Opie just re-
eeved by the Rev. DR.. E A. Bishop, prin-
e'pal OF Montpelier Seminary, was writ
,'1 I'll, Liverpool, Eng, and enclosed was
a4Tni Tor the amount due from him to
inc seminary. He said nothing about re-
turning to America.
I'stotlce Inspector D. J. Rapp, who
mas Hade his headquarters in Burling-
'oH Tor the past four years, has received
"''oe of ms assignment to the district
severed by Walter X. Human at Spring
4e'I Mass, Mr. Human having been
promoted to be assistant superintendent
w .0e salary and allowance division of
VIC p's.aihce department.
'o" Iiugree's election last week as
GOWN Jerk Tor the 50th consecutive time,
mos. suredly an event that will be
.'- "a notable event in Hartford s
",.'. At 16 he is indeed Vermont's
"'' F'uug man for he is old only as
-. "a-, count.
IH. reuar, of the Vermont soldiers
' .euuington, for the ten days
.Jruary 20 was as follows;
.."- resent, SO; average present and
a'. uesdav morning 90 answer