St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-01
VERMONT NEWS
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Insane at Waterbury served Thanks
n;ying dinner to its patients last Thurs
5av To illustrate the care that is given
naf;ents the menu in full is printed.
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
oyster stew Chicken Soup
Ol Roast Turkey Cranberry Sauce
Roast Vermont Chicken
,1osbed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes, Baked
SteaI1ed Hubbard Squash Boiled Onions
Chicken Pie
steamed Plum Pudding with spiced Sauce
Mince Pie
Apples Bannas, Mixed Candy
To make the above dinner it required
$50 pounds OF chicken. l75 pounds of
turkey, % gallons of oysters, three
barrels of sweet potatoes, seven bushels
Of Irish potatoes, $50 pounds Hubbard
SQUASH, three bushels of onions, six
lunches of bannas, 1873 pounds of candy,
one barrel of cranberries.
Seven-hundred and twenty individual
chicken pies were made and served, 60
steamed buildings, $50 quarts cranberry
sauce, two barrels of apples, $50 mnce
pies.
Program for State Grange.
The 38th annual session of the Yer
mont State Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry will be held at Armory hall in
burlington on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, December IA, Is and 16, ac
cording to the following program:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IA.
100 a. m. Opening grange in fifth
degree. Calling the roll. Appointment
of committee on credentials. Report of
the executive committee.
100 p. M. Annual address of Worthy
Master Reports of officers. Reports of
deputies. Announcement of standing
committee. Introduction of resolutions
without debate
SEQ p. m. disqualification of the
third and fourth degrees by Springfield
Grange, No. ia Suggestions for the
good of the order.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is.
900 a. m. Introduction of resolu-
tons. Reports of Pomona Oranges.
HOO a. m. Memorial exercises.
100 p. m. Election of two members
of the executive committee. Report OF
committee on education, agriculture, CO.
operation, credentials, publication.
500 D. m. Comforting the sixth de-
gree. Exemplifying the unwritten work,
Imparting the annual word. Re-
port of the committee on mileage.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16.
900 a. m. Completion of committee S
reports. Transaction of all necessary
business.
ed Cross Society Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Branch OF the American Red Cross Asso-
citation was held in Brattleboro last
Thursday. The Branch reorganized into
a State chapter, the officers being elected
as follows: Chairman, DR.. H. D. Holton
of Brattleboro; vice chairman, Col. F. A.
Billings OF Woodstock; secretary, Col. {.
S. Forbes of St. Adams; treasurer, h. S.
Howard of Burlington. The chapter
nominated the following men to serve as
state board for emergency work: Presi-
dent, Gov. George II. Prouty; vice presi-
dent, DR.. II. d. Holton; treasurer, H. S.
Howard; secretary, Charles S. Forbes.
E. c. Smith of ST. Adams, c. H. Darling
of Burlington, ex-Gov Fletcher D. Proc
tor of Proctor, c. S Emery of Newport
H. n. Turner of st. Johnsbury, and A. NJ
Fletcher of Proctorsville, were elected
members of the New England Agency
Dr. Holton and Col Billings wereelect
ed delegates to the national convention
at Washington on Dec I, while Senators
w. p. Dillingham; and Carroll S. Page
were selected as aternateS.
land for New Fish Hatchery
District Attorney Alexander Dunnett
of ST. Iohnsbury was in Holden last
week to pay to Charles H. Churchill
Charles X. Holden, James Barnard anC
Edith Barnard the money for the lane
sold by them to the government for {
permanent fish hatchery, thus closing
transactions which have been under
way since some time before the deatl
of Senator Red6eld Proctor. The
government gets 25 acres of land by thu
deal, buying considerable more than Il
actually needed for the hatchery para
phernala in order to control certain
springs and to prevent pollution of feeC
streams. The total amount paid wa
$4,000. Much of the lumber for tn,
buildings is cut and drawn and mex
season will see the hatchery in opera
ton. A good beginning was made thi
wear, $4,000 brook trout and som'
thousands of lake trout and land locked
salmon fry being sent out from tn
temporary station. Holden is in th
town of Pittsford, along furnace brook