St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-27
VERMONT NEWS
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Natural dlSloIy SoSiNey a. -
thursday TIr and Friday. A lecture on
q Scn;ders"was given by ]. H. Emerton,
q seCretary of the New England FEEDER
st;nr of Natural History societies. Mr..
GT,nerton's lecture was illustrated by
sne series of lantern photographs of
sniders and cobwebs.
The Federation arranged an extensive
series of exhibits supplemented by
ssr;es of color photographs exhibited by
~ r. F. Perkins of Burlington, and the
,no;orjtv of them loaned by the Lumiere
North American company of that city.
The sessions Friday were occupied by
scientific papers dealing with local DO
3on;cal and pathological problems.
Pey. I. A. Bates reported some unusual
Weeds from his Massachusetts garden.
Ne 4 |. Grout of New York city. for
me,lv of Vermont, sent an earnest plea
for more nature study in the country
schools of Vermont, each of which is ell
1;roned in so much that is of interest to
The nature student; W w. Eggleston,
formerly of Rutland, now of the national
museum, on a revision Of the rose family.
Mrs. Merrill of Woodstock reported
The occurrence of the mandrake in that
vicinity where heretofore it has not been
4 known. Prof. l.. r. Jones of Burlington
discussed the newly recognized forms of
Vermont grasses, following the new
"Gray's Manual.
Mrs. Carrie E. Straw of Stowe re-
norted from that town two species OF
nlant new to Vermont, one kind of
Il ,nfr he
south of Europe, in alfalfa seed, the
other, iva, componte from the west.
l. E. Crane of Middlebury gave an
account of the honey producing plants
of Vermont. In connection with this it
was shown that Vermont produces an
nually 10000 pounds OF honey, of
which Addison county furnishes one
third. Mr.. Cranes apiaries alone yield
him about $4,000 pounds.
Valley Fair Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting OF the directors
and stockholders OF the Brattleboro Val
lev Fair association was held Friday,
about 200 members being present. The
officers were reelected with the substi-
tuition of L. E Holden as the fourth
member of the executive committee in
place of c. L. Stickney resigned. The
recommendations on curtailment OF
expenses were accepted and placed in the
hands of the executive committee.
At one o'clock complimentary dinner
was given at the Brooks House by
President James F, Hooker. Following
the dinner, Rev. D. E. Trout opened the
postprandial exercises. M. A. Ryce,
vice president of the Monmouth County
Fair association of New Jersey, G. P.
Durham of Brattleboro, Allyn J. Crosby
president of the Springfield Vermont
fair, DR.. H. D. Holton, secretary of State
board of health, Clark c. Fits, DR.. N. P
Wood of Mortified, Mass, first vice
president of the Valley Fair association
and Charles J. O'Neill, second vice-presi-
dent of the Brattleboro association were
among the speakers. Mr.. Crosby re-
ferred to the appropriation by the legis-
ature for the Vermont State Fair as
coming from the railroads and stated
that the amount should have been gwen
to the Valley FaifsSAsociatidn.
Following the dinner the reports of the
various committees were given, these
showing a deficit of about So 600 Re-
auctions in the premium lists will be
/ made and exhibitors fees will be charged
4 at the next annual fair in an attempt to
q place it on a paying basis. Representa-
Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York
and New Jersey were in attendance.
To Church by Telephone.
church service by telephone is some
thing little out of the ordinary for the
religously inclined people, but this is the
way all the members OF Rev. Newell c.
Maynards parish in Woodstock who
are on the line of The Peoples and New
England telephone line heard the sermon
on Sunday morning. Jan. IT. On ac-
count OF the terrible storm, Mr.. May
nard was satisfied that he would preach
to empty pews, as most of the members
live quite a distance from the church.
and he conceived the idea of service by
phone. In view of this he called up his
deacons and asked if they had any OBJ
Jections to his holding such service,
and they replied in the negative.
He then called upon his musicians and
asked them to be ready when he should
call on them. violin and man operat-
ing talking machine constituted the
musical force. Promptly at II every
party on the line of the two telephones
mentioned were called up and connected,
and the service followed. There was
selection by male quartet. after which
Mr.. Maynard read the 23d Psalm and
of
the opening of which Mr.. Maynard told
the listeners that he was glad to have
the pleasure of speaking to them in their
own houses. This unique Service was
closed with Nearer, My God, to Thee"
by the male quartet.
National Life Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the policy hold
ers and directors of the National Lite In
surance company was held Jan. 10 in
Montpelier, the directors present being
George Briggs, Senator W. P. Dilling-
ham, J. A. DeBoer, John G. Mccullough,
II, M. Cutler, ], B. Estee, w. w. Stick.
ney, James L. Martin. George H Ohm
stead, Fletcher D. Proctor, Charles P.
Smith and F. A. Rowland.
President J. A. DeBoer delivered re-
port to the policy holders in which he
gave an analysis of the work of the
company during the past year and
stated that the total income saved in
1908 was $3.24a,009 81 while the in
crease in gross assets was $3,671,S2S.-
~: His report also showed an increase
IN insurance issued during the past year
of$2,368, 561.71.
The most important feature of the
meeting was the election of Charles w.