St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-07
VERMONT NEWS
-. vncalist,s House Burned.

~, honse and barn on the Gardner
The i aon' at Derby Line owned by DR..
zChase iali I'd since his death by his son,
&Cowles' S anu the famous vocalist, was
EugsndS t to the ground April l: Mr..
zburnsea ,' ~ in the habit of spending his
COwles VIZ intervals here and his aged
vacation made her home at the place. She
mother . nhs house when the fire caught
wa WAS was taken to place OF safety ETY. y an
D tut.~ mh Very little was saved from
atte a',;1d;nps on account OF the farm be-
the O t,tside the village corporation limits
ing on' SSS.~nriyed it Of fire protection. A
Whcee e.. u'p medical library which had be-
very lnt 70 the late DR.. Cowles besides
many oeT;odicals were destroyed as well
eous rpoinable lot OF prints and photo
as ahs and costumes owned by Mr..
graphso The loss is several thousand
I ioIsrs There was nominal insurance.
Suicide at Springfield.
H.. Ernest w. Gibson of Springfield,
= M Dhot and instantly killed herself April
3D. n ;I single shot from double bar
W., %s' sbotgun. Going to a back room on
I ISs second floor of her home, she leaned
Wv nsr the barrel of the gun, pressing the
ot ;ors sr with piece of wood. The shot
n .,,ssd through her neck from just above
pas' Collar bone tearing hole in the
s Wv Death was instantaneous. Mrs.
H [GTS had been in poor health and de-
."Ondent for two years, and lost her hus-
Sord in December. She is survived by a
brother and son.
v.N. G. Doings.
sdutaut- General W. H. Gilmore says
.hs ist Vermont regiment will go to the
state camp grounds near Essex Junction
.be last of Iune. He has received several
;nvitations for the regiment to par
ticioate in the Lake Champlain terceu-
tsnarv celebration next summer, among
them one for the regiment to go to
Pittsburgh, N. Y, but transportation
di6culties will prevent accepting the
latter proposition. The regiment will
narade in Burlington. General Gilmore
synressed himself as we'll pleased with
the showing the men made at the recent
annual inspection.
PRINCIPAL 0. D. Mathewson of Barre
has been made a member of the COM
mittee from the Vermont schoolmasters'
club to revise the course of study in
Vermont secondary schools, so that
there will be an opportunity for the
introduction OF elementary studies in
agriculture. The other members of the
committee are Mason S. Stone of Mont
peler, superintendent of education; Prin-
cipal !. K. Fuller of Brandon, Principal
Isaac Thomas of Rutland and Principal
|E.F. Green of Richford.
The old grandstand at the Sheldon fair
grounds was destroyed by fire April l.
1t caught from sparks of a passing loco
motive which fell upon the roof The
wind was from the northwest and it was
therefore possible to save the new grand
stand which was 80 feet distant from the
flames The hennery. 20 feet to the east.
was also saved after lot of hard work.
About 25 men fought the fire and by
tearing down fences kept it confined to
the old stand. There was no water.
The loss will amount to 5000 with in
surance of$200.
Heaton hospital of Montpelier will re-
Ceive about $1,000, being the residue of
the estate of Mrs. Susan B. Shumway,
who died at that institution in Novem-
kr 1906. The gift to the hopital is
without conditions and was in apprecia-
ton of the care she received there. Mrs.
Sfumway also left $500 to the cause of
Sprtualism in Montpelier
Gov. George H. Prouty has appointed
for members of the state fair commission
Tor three years from Feb. l, 1909: Silas
A, Sisby of Middlebury, George E. Whit
ney of Burlington, Charles w. Gates Of
Franklin, James w. Tyson of Straford,
Nathaniel Lincoln Divoll of Rockingham.
Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Tyson are re-
appointments.
Lieut.. Gov. DR.. John A. Mead of Rut-
land has given $1,000 to Middlebury col
eSe 10 assist the ID. *. PearSonS fund tor
the erection of a woman's college. This
VIII reduce the amount to be raised to
$4,000.
At meeting of the Swanton Congre-
sational church society, April l, it was
voted to extend call to the Rev. Nelson
u Bowlby of Wilder, and it is expected
ne will accept. He has been pastor of
church at Wilder for five years.
Newport has voted to introduce man.
ual training in the grades one to six and
also in the seventh and eighth grades if
the trustees deem it wise in the last two.
The dedication of the new church
erected at Bennington by St. Peters
Episcopal parish at a cost of $50, 900,
officiating