St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-12-23

The account of three brothers marry
inc three sisters, which recently appeared
in a New York paper being commented
upon it as something very remarkable,
brings from a Pawlet resident the infOr-
nation that that town has an instance
of the kind, three brothers. Fayette,
Horace, and Norman Hulett, marrying
three sisters, Mary Ann, Jane, and Hur-
sew Bostwick. And that is not all. Mr.,
Bostwick, father of the girls, and Mrs.
Hulett, mother of the boys, becoming
widower and widow the second time,
married each other.
The announcement is made that by
the will of the late Sophia M. Pease OF
Hartford, Goddard Seminary will be
benefited to the extent of about $4,000.
This comes as somewhat of a surprise as
Mrs. Pease was supposed to have hard
" enough for her own support, and
needy relatives are left in the west
without provision. A contest is prob
able.
State Treasurer Z. H. Deavitt has just
completed the compilation OF the total
Grand list of the state, which amounts to
S2O27,213.S5. compared with $2,021,-
$3.50 last wear. The total highway
tax which is per cent of the grand list,
will amount to $101 ,3608 compared
with S101 ,090,78 for last year.
The news item in regard to the twenty
seven pound child born to Mr.. and Mrs.
H L. Herrick of Hardwick, has elected
from DR.. A. J. ValIeau of Morrisville, the
information that there is a record in the
American Text Book of Obstetrics, hrst
edition, page sol, of child weighing
twentv.eight and three-quarter pounds
at birth.
Salvatore Madonna, a Montpelier shoe
maker, has left for parts unknown be-
cause of a letter received December 10
from the secret society OF the Black Hand
in New York. The letter, which was
written in a strange Italian dialect
threatened Madonna with death unless
he left the city at once.
The new Central Vermont station at
Barre, erected at a cost of $1,000, was
opened last week to the public.
Montpelier Seminary has received a
gift Of $4,000 from donor who wishes
his name to be unknown.
The University of Vermont won de
bate with Bowdoin by two to one de
c.sion of the judges at Brunswick, Me
Friday night 1t was the first contest o
the kind ever held between the two IN
situations.
In a head-on collision OF freight trains
near East Richford, on the Canadian
Pacific railroad Dec 16, Orrin Pickle,
fireman, was killed and four other trair
hands injured The locomotives wer'
demolished and six cars burned.
Judah Franklin Bassett, aged u, TO-
nearly so years a harness maker a
Brattleboro, died suddenly of hear
disease Dec. II. He built fire in hi
shop and went home to breakfast, seat
ing himself in rocking chair and dylnt
almost Immediately.
Fun at the house of correction, Rut
land, Christmas night will take the torn
of a mock trial for breach OF promise
The characters have put in six weeks
practice.
Woodstock has more dogs than Con
stantinople," says a much Travelled resi-
dent of the Windsor county town. IN
CANNES are all muzzled for go days, pc
order of the state board of health, owinj
10 the mad dag scare. The rabies start
ed in Bridgewater and traversed Shet
burne Pitts6eld, Bethel and Rochester
William H. Petrie, painter, died Dec
6 in the Rutland county jail where h
was serving sentence of 80 days an
working out fine of $25 for third o
tense of intoxication. He was commit
ted October 81 from the Rutland cit
court. Petrie was born in Woodstoc
81 years ago and was veteran OF tn
Civil War
Chicken.pox is prevalent in Benninl
ton this year as last So far there hav
been IS cases reported to the healt
officer compared with 81 reported IN
ike period in 1907.
Pneae