St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-05
Vermont News.
Vermont Sanatorium

Vermont SanatOrium.
There are now 10 patients at the Yer.
mont Sanatorium, Pittsford, seven mer
and six women They are divided by
counties as follows: Rutland county, 4
Nj addison, 3; Bennington, 2; Chittenden
b; Windham, /; Washington, /. The
average length of stay of the patients
aready ar the sanatorium has been
three and ne-half weeks, and the average
gain il weight of all thirteen patients
has been six pounds, the greatest gain
Fifteen pounds and the lowest two
pounds. At the annual meeting of the
BOARD of Directors at the Sanitorium at
Pittsford last week, officers for the ensu-
ing year were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, F. c.. Partridge of PROCTOR vice
president, F. G. Butter6eld of Derby Line;
secretary, DR.. W. N Bryant of Ludlow;
treasurer, Benjamin Williams, Jr., oil
Proctor auditor, Rev. P. J. Barrett OF
Burlington; executive committee, presi-
dent ex-oficio, Redheld Proctor, IT., OF
Proctor DR.. c. S. Caverly of Rutland, D.
D. Burditt of Pittsford, Miss Emily Proc
M tor of Proctor; financial committee Car
roll S. Page of Hyde Park, Oln Merrill of
Enosburgh Falls, Frank H. Brooks of St.
Johnsbury.
0utwitted Railroad Fare Beaten.
John w. Brislin, railroad policeman,
Sprung a surprise on a professional rail-
road fare beater recently, bringing his man
10 Rutland from Bellows Falls Brislin
noticed a suspicious looking stranger
managing around the station about the
lime for a train to start and when the
Stranger boarded the train as it was
pulling out the officer got aboard too
When the train rounded a sharp curve
# the officer stuck his head out of a win
dow and saw the ride stealer on a blind
end of baggage car ahead At Bellows
Falls Brisin hustled to the baggage car
and intercepted the man, who gave his
name as Edward Foster, just as he was
leaving the car platform. He was very
much surprised when the Rutland officer
whom he knew by sight, appeared
Foster was sentenced to serve eighty
three days in the house of correction
Rutland
Vermont Creameries Co. Safe.
ISL 1t now looks as though the financial
&troubles, which have been hanging over
Nthe Vermont Creameries company,
would be soon settled to the satisfaction
of all concerned and payments made in
full, dollar for dollar, for all indebtedness
N providing the creditors, particularly the
Farmers, have patience.
@ The attachments on the concerns
property have been dissolved. AS a
Security against further trouble for its
patrons, the provisional contract re-
squires that a surplus of $4,000 shall be
kept on deposit in three banks, near
Nto the respective creameries, Oakland at
Sd. Adams, Shady Rill at Montpelier and
#Evansvlle at Barton, which 50, 500
shall be held by the banks as security for
St he patrons, so that at any moment any
%patron feels he wants cash for his check
he can get it.
# As further assurance of safety for the
future, the contract requires that the
personal property of the Vermont
Creameries Company shall be kept unin-
Numbered. Arrangements satisfactory to
the other creditors are in progress.
Boston Vermont Association.
81 Gov Proctor of Vermont was guest of
honor at the 22d annual banquet and
reception of the Boston Vermont asso
IL citation in the hotel Vendome, January
30. There was a reception at o'clock.
# In the receiving line were Gov. and Mrs.
# Proctor and their daughter, Lieut.. Gov.
# George H. Prouty and Mrs. Prouty,
NJ Miss Jean Mitchell, Arthur l.. Robinson,
#presdent of the association, and Mrs.
Robinson, Hon. George Edmund Foss,
congressman from Illinois, and Mrs.
"a Foss.
# The first speaker at the banquet which
followed was Dana Malone, attorney
general OF Massachusetts. Governor
Proctor then spoke. In his speech he
laid insstence on the fact that though
Formerly, as was proved by the gather
ling before him, Vermont's sons had been
compelled to seek their best oppor-
tunties outside their home state, today
# this condition of affairs did not hold,
and more and more Vermont was be-
coming powerful enough to keep the best
IA of it's own power There followed a short
# speech by Mayor Hubbard, who said he
Isl is proud to claim himself the son of a
S. Nermonter. Congressman Foss spoke
NJ on The Vermonter Outside of Yer
NJ mont Lieut.-Gov. Prouty ended the
e speechmaking, after which there was a
s short order of dances.
@ Swede Commits Suicide.
Benjamin Brunnsell, Swedish farm
81 hand, aged % years, employed as q
mail carrier and living with E. M. Pierce
M of Mendon, committed suicide AN. &c
by hanging from banister in the front
SIS hall by piece of harness Mr.. and Mrs
81 Pierce found the body when they return
H& fed from church Brunnsell was a single
man and his father and mother lived in
# Sweden. No cause for the suicide is
b known, though he had been acting
strangely.
Body of Unknown Foreigner Found.
An unknown man was found dead
@ about 9 o'clock on the morning of Jan
NJ 2S, in the woods on the Edwin Brooks
S. farm about one-fourth OF mile from the
@ Central Vermont tracks, about 212 miles
III from Swanton. by Charles Greenleat
VI Around his neck was twisted rope held
B in place by short stick and it is the
& belief that he was murdered, and as yet