St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-24

~ OCnninSlOH VIldRe meeting MdIcI
16 Fred c. Martin, clerk in the office O
the Holden-Leonard company mill, de
feated George M. Hawkes., son of Ben
nington's only millionaire, 613 to 215.
The Oldest dealers in the Boston mar
ket are marvelling over the fowls which
have come in from a well known poultry
raiser in Burlington. They weigh al
much as turkeys, are only little over g
year old, and are very tender, and, with
even these points to recommend them
they are selling for % cents a pound
These fowls, which are called Black Co
chin hens, weigh from eleven to twelve
and one-half pounds, and because tur
keys are hard to get just now and are
not OF very good quality, the demand
for the fowls exceeds the supply.
Vermont Division, Sons of Veterans
will hold their department encampment
in Burlington, May ~ and 10, in con
nection with that of the G. A. r. There
are % camps with 657 members.
Edward ]. MORN has been handed the
largest lemon ever seen in Burlington
1t lacked only one ounce of weighing a
pound and was nearly as big in circum
ference as a musk melon He did not
feel badly about it. however, for it was
sent to him by some friends, who are
wintering in Florida, as a token Of
remembrance, rather than what the
word lemon signifies.
Miss Mildred, youngest daughter Of
Congressman Foster, was operated
upon for appendicitis, Wednesday, at
George Washington University hospital,
Washington. The operation was sue
cessful, and the result gratifying. The
doctors expect the speedy recovery Of
their patient.
Frank Huard, of Burlington, has a
japanese coin, which is believed to be
600 years old. 1t was found in col
lection of coins which belonged to his
! grandfather 1t is copper piece about
the size of an English halfpenny. In the
collection are many other coins, among
them being an Irish piece which is over
| 100 years DID,
Ferdinand H. Pease of Burlington,
who has been private secretary of United
States Senator William p. Dillingham;,
has been promoted to the position OF
| NiSi N vi luS OCudlC COIIllIllllGe On lIlIlll-
grafton, to succeed Paul Dillingham;.
Rev. Charles " Grismer of Plattsburg
has been called to become pastor of the
Methodist church at Burlington.
Mrs. Nancy E. Pufer, 90 years old,
died March IS at Brattleboro.
Gov. Prouty has pardoned Charles l..
Galusha of Bennington and Joseph
Mears Of SYNDICATE. Galusha, was SEN
fenced in 1907 for two offences of
burglary to maximum of 16 years and
minimum of Is years at hard labor in
the state prison. Mears of Sandgate
was convicted, in 1902, of attempting to
kill Philander Motif by mixing poison
with his food, and was sentenced to not
more than Is years or less than II years
of hard labor at the Windsor state
prison.
| Hon. A. P. Hunton of Bethel, SO years
old, is the oldest member of the Vermont
bar, having practiced law for 70 years.
He lives with his daughter, Mrs. W. B.
c. Stickney.
The Rutland county fair will be held
September 1, 2 and 3.
Fair Haven suffered a disastrous fire
March 16. The Knight block was de-
stroyed with property loss of 100000
and $40, 900 insurance.
Rev. Aubrey c. Gilmore of Hulls Cove,
Me-, has accepted the call to become rec
tor OF Grace church, Randolph Center,
and of St. Johns church, Randolph, and
will enter upon his rectorship soon after
Easter, April IL. He has wife and one
small son.
The stockholders of the National White
River Bank at Bethel have voted to
reduce the capital stock from 100000
to $4,000. hereason of this reduction
is that owing to the large amount of
money on deposit in the bank the insti-
tuition will have ample funds for conduct
ing its business and meeting all local calls
with the lesser amount of capital stock.
The Brattleboro Board of Trade beat
the Woman's Clubin big spelling match
the other night and the individual credit
goes to John E. Gale of Guilford, who for
a long time was obliged to spell five
times as many words as those competing
against him. Mrs. Howard c. Rice mis-
SPSIleu SdilClicu anu MI. OdiS SpSlSu
it correctly, thereby winning the princi-
pal prize of $40 in gold. The object of
the match, for the civic improvement of
Brattleboro, filled the house.
Mrs. Esther Gouchoe, 96 years old,
died Friday at Rutland. She was born
at Cote de Neige, P. O., and married in
1881 to Francis X. Gouchoe. She has
had II children, six of whom are living.
She also has 81 grandchildren, 81 great
grandchildren and one great-great-grand-
child.
Rev. DR.. L. Cooper of Randolph, one
of the most widely known Methodist
ministers in Vermont. reached his 85th
birthday March Is and the forenoon
found him in his accustomed place at the
Federated church service. DR.. Cooper
has rallied from slight attack of pneu-
monia this winter and now appears to
have regained much of his strength and
oldtime vigor.
Only four states had lower death
rate in 1907 than Vermont.
C0nd HOme PeciDe