St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-15

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not very handsome. In order to hold up
the tomatoes he had to build frame.
To Form Morgan Horse Association.
Friends of the Morgan horse in YER
mont have taken the initial steps to-
wards the formation of Vermont state
Morgan horse association. To this end
there will be held at the state fair
grounds on Thursday of fair week
meeting of all those interested in the
plan. The meeting will be held at noon
in the room over the secretary's office
and at this meeting full dinner will be
served.
Fall was Probable Cause of Death.
Lyman Kelsey, of Brandon, aged SIS
years, who had been i'll for several
months, died Thursday evening at his
home at Lake Dunmore. The probable
cause of Mr.. Kelsey's death was a fall
from roof which he was shingling
about a year ago. He was the owner
of the Kelsey picnic grounds and the
Cascade house, where he had lived nearly
all his life, and which is one of the
popular summer places at Lake Dun
more.
Fair Haven Man Killed by Cars.
James Thomas, of Fair Haven, aged
rs years, was killed in Whitehall. N. Y,
September 9, at the Delaware & Hudson
railroad crossing by jumping from a
freight train, running against the drop
gates and being thrown back under the
train. His left arm was cut off and he
was injured about the back of the head.
! The Grange 10 East Braintree has
recently applied for and received from
the Board of Library Commissioners a
travelling library to be used in East
! Braintree and vicinity under the manage
ment of the grange. In several of the
western states the grange has accom-
plshed much good through cooperation
with the travelling library system, in
developing the rural and remote sections,
and there is a large field for similar
work in Vermont. The travelling
libraries have been so well appreciated,
that the supply can hardly meet the
demand, but the commission is steadily
increasing the number of libraries, and
making careful selection of books with
view to the needs of the public.
Disheartened over the non-attendance
of their comrades, the four survivors OF
Company l, 4th VT. infantry, who at
tended their annual reunion at Brattle-
baro, Sept 2, returned to their homes
late in the afternoon. business meet
ing was scheduled for the morning, but
as the secretary was not there with the
books this was not held. Desultory
talking finally ceased and the four aged
veterans, F. ]. Hosmer and Charles
Dunklee of Greenfield, Mass, L. H. Allen
of Sutton, Mass, and c Coolery of New
fame, waited in Grand Army hall until
the departure of their trains for home.
Vacancies caused by the death of Joel
H. Gates, for many years director and
president of the Howard National bank
at Burlington. have been filled by the
election of Hugh Mclean OF Buffalo, n.
Y, director. F. E. Burgess promoted
from the position of vice president to the
presidency OF the bank and Elias Lyman
elected vice president and treasurer OF the
Hugh Mclean Lumber company OF But
falo, is a son-in-law of the late president
of the bank, and he was chosen to repre-
sent the estate, which is large holder
OF stock In the bank.
The covered Central Vermont railway
bridge near Barre Transfer was burned
Wednesday and fell into the river. The
fire is supposed to have caught from a
passing locomotive. The Montpelier &
Wells river bridge alongside, which
crosses the river at that point, was
badly scorched and was on fire several
times, but was saved by section men and
others. Until temporary structure
can be put in, the Central Vermont trains
to and from Barre will run over the
Montpelier & Wells River tracks.
The E. B. Ellis Granite Company Of
Bethel has secured the contract for the
granite to be used IN the construction Of
the branch of the Montreal bank to be
erected in Winnipeg. The contract called
for 10000 cubic feet of stone which viii
employ force of so men at the quarry
: for about FIVE, months. The Ellis com
panv has just completed the contract fol
the stone used in the construction OF the
new union dspot at Washington, D. {.
G. c. Mooney who has been station
agent at Waterbury, has been appointed
a agent of the Central Vermont station II
! Barre to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Agent c. l.. Besett. Mr.
Mooney has had IA years experience al
!, agent for the Central Vermont serving
for short periods at nearly every station
on the line. He had been at Waterbury
about ten months and just previous tc
a coming to Waterbury he was agent al
Sheldon Junction.
Mrs. o. w. Sanborn, who died il
} Manchester, N. H., last week was borr
/ in Corinth, but had lived in Manchestel
+ 65 years. She was S2years old, and ha'
the record of having issued the first cal
| for the meeting which led to the organiza
ton of the w. c. T. U. in Manchestel
2 and was charter member She was al
5 WAYS active in the work of the organiza
/ ton.
+ F. NJ. Whitney of Johnson, has beer
3 committed to jail on a charge of raising
l five checks given by the creamery com
. pany doing business at Cambridge juno
8 ton. The amount of the alleged torger
4 les amount to nearly 500. The hearing
g on the criminal charges will probably b'
Z held at Morrisville.
Twenty-seven divorce cases have beer
= docketed in the Rutland county court 10
trial at this term.