St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-09-23
VERMONT NEWS
nri,ss fnr Middlebury.

.,..losT Fairfield of Rutland has
ma 80 the senior class of Middlebury
gE H.,a ~ two prizes of 500 in gold which
c 9nI he known as the Micaiah Fairfield
'u 'a,norials. The gold pieces are to be
lrarded next June to the two students,
a"", man and young woman, who,
Yum .Ia ;S1doment of the faculty and the
u ~ Wv have shown the highest char
ua .ar;stics. not only in scholarship, but
a y..a.. in athletics and generalch character
2g'. Gifts 60 to this years class because
..pf,ishes its course on the Tooth ami
il .. ln,T, Of the graduation of Micaiah
TTa'rfcId who was grandfather of Mr..
rsa;r6sd Nicaiah Fairfield, after his
L'adnation from Middlebury in 1909,
.s.niied theology at Andover Theologi-
sssgssminary and went to Virginia as
l1:.s;onary. There he married Hannah
ysoI Wynne, widow OF captain in the
M"ranlrtiouarv war whose dowry was a
Is,ge number of slaves. He converted
40 a.s his IDEAS of abolition and she set
I,,sIaves free on her marriage in 1920.
S Sr' was the general Indignation over
~. act that the minister and his family
, ,u,, compelled to flee into Ono. Mrs.
ro;r6eld was aunt of General Stone
wall Jackson.
Shortage of Water.
p;obt granite plants in Montpelier
wore obliged to shut down last week
because OF shortage of water and electri-
.tv TO run motors. The power of the
Consolidated Lighting company is
oyacticauy exhausted and the steam
liant in Montpelier is unable to carry
tbe entire load of power for electric rail
,oad street lighting and motors. The
manufacturers in Montpelier and Barre
r;ll take turns in shutting down for a
dav until rain comes, thus saving about
AKA horsepower daily for the company.
The city supply of water from Berlin
oond still holds out although the
-eseryoir has reached II inches below
normal and is steadily failing. The sup
nv can stand drop of u or IA more
inches before the dangerous point is
reached In Barre the use of hose has
been forbidden, the pumps are at work
and fire and water patrol is constant
" on duty.
Kings Daughters Convention.
About So delegates were present at the
state convention of Kings Daughters
held at Brandon last week the reports
from the different counties showed a
great deal of good work being done by
this order The report of the treasurer,
Miss T. b. Burt, showed that the receipts
had been $500 during the past year and
,beexpendltures $500. These state Off
GERS were elected. Mrs E. Mead Denny.
state secretary and leader Montpelier ;
Mrs. Flora NJ !. Guernsey, assistant
secretary, Montpelier, Mrs. Emma X. H..
To0in Of Swanton recording secretary;
Mrs. Lucy J, b. Burt, treasurer, OF
Bennington; Mrs. A. J. Balloon, auditor,
OF Rutland. The county secretaries are
Mrs. Helen K. Bronson, Addison county
Mrs Emma l.. Norwood, Bennington;
Mrs. Kate S. Towers. Chittenden; Mrs.
Helen ". Rublee. Franklin; Mrs. Irene
E. Phillips, Orange; Mrs. A. J. Balloon,
Rutland; Mrs. W. {. Staples, Windsor
Mrs. A.C, Best, Washington; Miss Flora
E. Clark, Wiudham The Vermont
member Of central council elected is Mrs,
F,S Stranahan Of St Adams.
State W. c. 7. U. Meeting.
The 3jth annual convention of the
Vermont Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will be held in the Conerega-
tiona church in Newport, October 6S,
meeting of the state executive commit
tec will be held on the morning of the
first day. a superintendent institute in
the afternoon and the convention opens
in the evening with the customary adj
dresses Of welcome On Wednesday eve
ming there will be a demonstration by
the LOYAL Temperance Legion and Mrs.
Deborah Knox Livingstone, President OF
Rhode Island W. c. T. U. will give an
address. Thursday evening is "I
night and Mrs. Elizabeth Griswold
Waycott, Secretary of the Worlds Y. w.
{, T e., will be the speaker of the even
ing
Human Bones Found.
Workmen excavating for an addition
to the Saiger block near the southeast
corner Of North street and North Avenue
in Burlington last week uncovered parts
Of three human skeletons. 1t is not
known how the bones came to be de
posted where they were found but from
their appearance they must have laid IN
the earth great many years. Sergeant
Michael Mckenzie recalls that parts OF
about 30 skeletons were found when the
sewer was laid on North avenue years
ago. These bones were supposed to be
remains OF soldiers of the war of 1872
and they were reinterred in Lake View
cemetery
Officers of Electrical Association.
At the seventh annual meeting of the
Vermont Electrical association at Ben.
angt5n last week, the following officers
were elected President, F. H. Parker
BwIiugton first yice-president. J. E.
Davidson, Montpelier second vice-pres
ident c. Z, Parker, Vergennes; secretary
treasurer A. b. Marsden, Manchester
executive committee, c. E. Parker, Yer
gennes, Z, D, Blackmer, Brandon, F. II
F9ote ST. Adams, c. E. Wells, Middle
bury, George S. Haley, Rutland
Representative-Elect Dead.
George E, Marsh, representative-elect
irom The town of Hancock, died last
week at his home after a brief lines:
with pneumonia. Mr. Marsh was &