St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-02
VERMONT NEWS
MN who Built Ceres.

r,s Man who Built Ceres.
...r knew lust whose hands made
q . .,s which surmounts the dome of
aata .ol at Montpelier. The sculptor
aP., .5,n E Mead, the genius, who
I' the snow angel while living in
o' gb 'n which gave him a good
t award his. wide reputation, and
~b has a studio in Florence, Italy.
~" who actually built the statue,
na" was ohm Retting, now in
G! ..b year. Mr.. Retting is one of the
@'n and most respected German resi-
q q Rrattleboro. He has been a
If the town So years, and for
'"' ,ears he conducted a furniture
In 1887, after the old state
a', ~os destroyed, MIR. Mead was en-
N furnish a statue symbohzing
,tnre and an appropriation of $500
. n,de for the work. He made out
rstsr Of paris an image 81 inches
.,oresentlng woman in flowing
ritb suitable emblems in her
!. The design was accepted and
" T,aj engaged MIR. Retting to make
carved % reproduction IA feet tall.
o.Djstbe partsln the old Estey organ
b , 3r and put them together in his
& u r.1d on Reed hill, back of the fac
The distance across the shoulders
4 Al. feet, and when completed the
w weighed 995 pounds. 1t was
A Of Pine and was made in a
.,rcbly substantial and businesslike
Mr. Retting received $3.50 for his
IN accordance with a contract
" is now one OF his treasured pos
,cs While the statue was being
Y storetber Mfr. Rettings yard was en-
n a by a high board fence, and when
X rss completed it was exhibited in
\ M two days and was seen by hun
N6 oftownspeople'
ABarre Girls Romance.
4 ,oecaI despatch to The New York
y A from Goshen, n. Y, says Thomas
.rdthat place, who is employed in
3 ~sdr factory at Middletown, placed
\ .Jbis cards in a box of candy early
Il simmer. He was surprised to re-
H. souvenir post card in August
y yaread
Barre, w., Aug. IA, 1908.
y mar Mr. Fuller:-You see | like
y Nv and that is how found your
n \. Hike New York state and would
4 to exchange post cards if you
Yes. N0.
Very truly yours,
MARY CANNON"
gr Fuller replied to the card, and
Y the exchaugcof a few cards between
y he began To answer letters, with
3 result that they exchanged photo
& ,Dss last month and their engagement
NJ scst been announced.
4 lss Cannon will be Mrs. Thomas
& Der before January /.
Vermont Libraries.
Il le library OF the university of Yer
a. endowed by the late Frederick
3ngs and his family OF Woodstock,
&hdrs according to its latest report,
4 4l2 volumes
4 .anss seventh among New England
4 sge libraries. those ahead of it being,
order of SIZE, Harvard, Yale, Brown,
Yarmouth. Bowdoln, and Amherst,
Nccssious last year were 1,514 vol
zs and 49,, pamphlets; 81 OF this
cease came from the gathering to-
alcr tor preservation OF serial publica-
w, I'll being bound, and the other
beng tied into manila cardboard
trs The number OF serial publica-
NJureally received was 1873.
I As the books lu this library are all of a
t0s International nature, and the
ary IS between two and three times
Mc Of any other in the state, de-
anis come tY 1T from all over the state
r scholars who need these books for
With every desire to respond to
@demanls 1t is at present impossible
dy so The immense burden OF the
! rsot this large learned library falls
q 1 library staff of only two, with
sient helpers the growth of the libra
i having outstrIpped its funds for EN-
q gng help.
Orders from Cattle Commission.
L. Wilson Of Arlington, the state
7itfcommjssiJner, has issued General
du No 2, iu relation to the hoof and
nth disease Of cattle, which is infec-
@but Is NOW mostly confined to the
itS oiNew York and Pennsylvania, in
i Web he says.
3 l-No neat cattle, swine, sheep or
aH are to be brought into the state OF
snontirom the states of Pennsylvania
New York until further notice.
--Ihls order does not apply to the
deportation Of cattle and other
nestle animals through the state by
that are shipped from states west OF
4 XIV York and Pennsylvania, and whose
Hnati0u is outside this state, or
anaIs under control of the United
1ts bureau Of animal industry, de-
'nent of agriculture, intended tor ex-
5-Any person violating the pro-
No1s OF tins order will be punished as
ogded 'n section 1922, chapter 236 OF
N5IIc Statutes of the State of YER
Z 0nt'
Seer War Relic.
|, PercIyal of Rutland has an inter
4ng Boer war relic in the form of a
asye pipe which was taken from the
auIdge oeIr Of a dead Boer at the
We OF Carandsburgh, following the
ISlder OF General Cronje to the
NY. asl' The pipe was found by the
gs5 troops who were burying the
~ d beers. The pipe was presented to
reTclyaI by Corp. George Tustin,
o. Burlington who was formerly
Troop G 10Th English lancers.
Iust'n saw service for nine years
alla and was for three years in
2a africa with the English army. He
'ae PIPE from the dead Boer. The