St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-27

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treasurer, OF Brattleboro; Miss Olive S..
Prentice, chairman literature committee,
of Bellows Falls; Mrs. M. 0. Perkins,
chairman of civics committee, of Wind
sor; Miss Anna Putnam, chairman indus
trial and consumers league committee
OF Bennington; Miss Mary Stickney of
Rutland, representing the art committee;
Mrs. George E. Warner. chairman of leg
islative committee, of Brattleboro; Mrs.
J. b. Needham, chairman of advisory
committee, of Rutland; Mrs A. H. Davis,
president of the club at Windsor; Mrs.
Ida Wellman, president Chester Review
Club; Mrs. B. B. Bigelow and Mrs.
Emily P. Moor of Rutland.
IL was voted to discontinue member
ship in the Library Art Club.
The matter of holding an arts and
crafts exhibit each year was discussed
1t was voted to discontinue it for one
year. 1t was announced that Mrs c.
Fl. Spooner, chairman of the arts COM
mittee, and Mrs. Anna H. Putnam. chair
man of the industrial and consumers
league committee, would be glad to give
talks at any time to any OF the Clubs.
Reports were given from nearly all the
committees. The president spoke about
establishing scholarship fund to Nor
NAL schools, stating that New Hamp-
shire supports four such scholarships.
The president also suggested the ad-
visibility of changing the date of the
annual meeting from October to June, to
conform to the time of meeting in other
states.
In the evening the Chester Club gave
a reception at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Henry, to the state officers and in
vited guests to the number of Sc. Music
was furnished by an orchestra, and piano
selections were given.
Carnegie Medal to Guildhall Boy.
The Carnegie hero fund commission
at its annual meeting at Pittsburgh last
week awarded 26 medals, $14750 in
cash and pensions aggregating 1865 per
month for deeds of valor performed since
the last meeting OF the commission last
October.
Among those to receive awards last
week is Neal w. Beattie, aged 81, Of
Guldhall who is given a bronze media
and 81 900 for educational purposes
On Saturday, January 81, 1906, Beattie
who was student at Bradford Academy
performed feat of life saving William
A. Sargent, chum of Beattie, had
broken through the ice on the Waits
river and was drowning. Beattie was
skating some distance away and came
rushing up. He threw off his skates anc
broke his way to Sargent. Sargent was
almost drowned, his head being under
water, but Beattie grasped him by The
sweater and managed to swim to shore
with him, breaking the ice with one
hand while he swan with the other
Beattie is now attending Norwich Uni
versity. paying part of his expenses
working out of school hours. The
ST, 0"0 will be paid as he needs it.
A Valuable Old Pine.
A noble old pine tree, that had for 81
years been growing, was cut down II
front OF the house on the Lyman Hutch
inson farm at Randolph recently. II
mea sured four feet in diameter on thu
stump, and the two butt-logs, 16 and ID
feet long, had respectively 925 and 49,
feet of lumber. The two top logs cut III
into 4S0 feet of lumber, making 2. 131
| feet of the entire tree. This pine and it:
companion, which must also go to the
sawmill, were set out by the late William
Hutchinson OF Washington. ID. c.. wher
he was a boy and his brother. Hon
James Hutchinson. remembers the occa
sion though he was too young to parti
cipate actively in the exercises Of that
private arbor day. The blight, which
affected pines two years ago, struck
these old trees so that they sho wed its
effect for Is feet from their tops and as
they were not likely Ito be vigorou.
again, it was thought best to convert
them into lumber. Nevertheless they
lived long enough to show how The
waste lands of Vermont could Recovered
with valuable forests in a single life time
if more boys and farmers had the tree
planting habit.
18th Anniversary of Montpelier Seminary
Great interest is being shown in the
preparations begun already for the cele.
bration of the 18th anniversary of the
things are looked tor in the spring. when
in addition to the usual excitement at.
tendant on commencement. will be the
diamond jubilee of the founding OF the
institution. The committee in charge OF
this consists of the principal of the insti,
tuition, Rev. DR.. E. A. Bishop, Miss
Emily A. Glover. representing the
faculty, Mrs. E. E. Palmer of Waterbury
representing the alumni, and Rev. R F.
Lowe of St. Adams and Rev. E. o.
Thaver of Barre from the board of trus.
tees. The annual exercises of commence-
ment will be postponed one week, occur
ing the same time as the special exer-
cises, during the week of June 21-26.
The speakers have not yet been decided
upon, but will doubtless be announced
soon.
Library Commission News.
The Norman Williams Public Library
of Woodstock has undertaken the col
lection of books bearing specially on YER
mont and an alcove has been set apart
for this particular purpose. AS the
earlier days of Vermont were very pro-
life in publications of great present
value and interest to the history of the
state. and as these publications have
disappeared and been widely scattered,
the public has reason to be grateful that
the resources and equipment OF the Nor
man Williams Library enable it to do a
work of genuine public interest, and of
notable historical value to Vermont
The commission on country life, ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt, are in
correspondence with the board of library