St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-11-10
SUTTON.
Sudden Death of Ida Bailey from Scarlet

Ida, the only child of Harley Bailey
and wife, aged 10 years, was taken sick
with scarlet fever Tuesday morning and
died Thursday afternoon. She attended
school Monday feeling as well as usual
but did not feel well enough to go Tues
day morning. They called a doctor
Tuesday forenoon but there was no help
for her from the first. They had two
doctors there Thursday morning. Dr.
Burke said it was the worst case of the
disease that he ever saw. The body
was buried Friday forenoon. The house
is under quarantine and every effort is
being made to keep the disease from
spreading further.
Scarlet fever is in Fred Craigs family
one daughter has it badly. The house is
quarantined.
The hay scale at the village has been
thoroughly repaired; H. A. Blake and F.
A. Holmes, the owners, employed Alfred
Allard to do the work.
Herbert A. Burnham has just been
chosen manager of Middlebury College
Glee Club.
Mrs. Mary Morgan has gone to Brook
Ign, N. Y, to spend few weeks with her
son and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Morgan.
Mrs. Van Burke of Lyndon Center is
with her daughter, Mrs. E. B. Butter
field, helping care for Mr.. Butterheld
who has been i'll for several weeks.
Mrs. H. A. Blake received the news of
the death of her sisters husband, Gilbert
R. Willett, at Westfield Center, New
Brunswick, last week Monday. Mr..
Willett had been in poor health for few
years past Mr.. Willett's wife was
Mary F. Otis and she was a successful
school teacher in this town before her
marriage. Mr.. Willett dropped dead
while he was carrying a basket of vege-
tables into his cellar with his brother
who was visiting at his place.
Lizzie H. Blake stopped at her broth
er's, H. A. Blake, on her way from East
Charleston where she has been teaching,
to her home at St. Johnsbury, remaining
over Sunday.
The next grange meeting is to be Sat
urdav evening, Nov. 49, when five appli-
cations for membership will be acted
upon and probably the first and second
degrees conferred.
All schools in town have closed the fall
term. Two had resumed for the winter
term but the Wilson school had to sus-
pend for while on account of scarlet
fever. The school at the village closed
the fall term Saturday and after three
weeks vacation is to resume with Sadie
E. Blake as teacher. Miss Blake has
taught Al terms.
The chicken pie supper was not as
largely attended as usual on account of
the. scare of scarlet fever. About 500
was the sum received.
James N. Holtham is sick.
G. M. Campbell of Lyndonville was in
town on business last Saturday.
Mrs. F. E. Chapman visited her moth
er at Lyndon Center the past week.
On Sunday, October 81, Mr., and Mrs.
Freeman Flanders of Sheffield started
from Mrs. Flanders mothers, Mrs.
James Miles, in this town with their lit
tie child nearly four months old for their
home at Sheffield. They called at John
Grays about one-half mile from where
they started and there found the child
was dead from suffocation.
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. A. Blake were at her
brothers, S. c. Otis, Sunday. Mr.. Otis
has very badly bruised hand. Blood
poison has set in, but it is hoped that it
has been checked.