St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06
VERMONT NEWS.
r.,.r,u station Agent at wells River

aann,e6ciaries if the B. & Nd. pension pro-
w. ;s carried to completion, an OCCASION
sarnarkable record of long continuous
a ., is found, says the Boston Globe.
g. of these is the case of David
ISL Allison, in the company's employ. At
ears NJ and As years station agent at
Wells River, Vt. -, .
came to Newbury, Vt, in 1915. In boy
hood he did chores for Henry Reyes, for
rnany years president of the Passumpsic
abroad a and in 1862 young Allison en-
tered the employ of the company to care
for the horses used in constructing the
road from Barton to Newport. Coming
to Wells River as station agent in June
1854 he has continued in that position
or the Passumpsic railroad and its sue
oeesors and connections at Wells River
until the present time.
81 In 1864 the force comprised man and
bow today it consists of IA men.
About 10000 pieces of baggage and
81 q 600 bags and sacks of mail are han
dled per annum, while the number of
freight cars loaded, unloaded and trans
ferred at the local freight house will APP
proximate 400 yearly
At the present time about 55 trains
arrive at, leave or pass this station daily.
Two station buildings have been des-
troyed by fire during his service.
81 He has been too busy to join many So
FL ceties, but is a member of one solid or
ganization, the New England Fat Mems
Club which frequently meets at Hale's
FL tavern in this town.
81 In 1871 he married Emma Carpenter
and they have two daughters.
Mr.. Allison is the longest in continuous
service of any agent on the Passumpsic
1 division, and so far. as he knows, none on
the B. & M. system are so long in service,
III although few may be older in years. d,
Bar Meeting POstpond.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Bar association scheduled to open in
# Montpelier, Yesterday, has been post
poned until the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der, to accommodate the judges now pre-
siding at the county courts. On the
/ opening evening J. K. Batchelder of
Arlington, the retiring president, will
Il deliver an address, to be followed by
Ell memorial sketches of deceased members.
The annual banquet will be held Tuesday
evening at the Pavilion hotel.
At Wednesdays session of the assoca-
E ton officers will be elected, including a
treasurer in place Of Hiram Carleton of
Montpelier, deceased. Since the death of
Judge Carleton last April. John H.
Ri Mimms Of St. Albans, secretary Of the
association, has been acting treasurer
An adjourned meeting of the associa-
ton will be held Friday morning for the
81 admission OF students who next week
pass the bar examinations.
Judge F. E. Alfred of Newport, secre-
81 tary of the association of Probate
HI Judges, has also sent out notices tor the
annual meeting of that association at
ri Montpelier, Wednesday afternoon, Oct.
Ri 6, in the probate office in that city.
officers will be elected, and probate
matters that should be brought to the
LA attention of the next legislature will be
discussed.
The examinations of 20 applicants for
admission to the bar has also been post
81 poned until November. The successful
applicants will be admitted in the SUI
preme court room Friday morning. The
81 class is unusually large this year.
The board of examiners is made up OF
G. Sargent of Ludlow, X. w. Hulburd,
81 and E. c. Mower Of Burlington, E. H.
Deavitt of Montpelier, c. c. Fits OF
& Bratteboro, and w. A. Dutton OF Hard
s. wick. These examiners are appointed
for term of three years by the supreme
court. The terms of !. G. Sargent and
r. W. Hulturd expire this year.
vermont's Taxable Property.
Grand list returns for the year 1908
from all the towns and cities in Vermont
have been received at the office of the
secretary of state, Guy W. Bailey. In
one particular only, two towns are re-
miss in that they have not reported any
offsets. These towns are Groton, In
Caledonia county, and Waterville II
Lamoille county.
The totals for the state show 6,24S,
500 acres of taxable land with an ap
praised valuation of SAL ,a29,051. The
personal property listed for taxation
aggregates $43, 1877 TAI and the tota
offsets are $31, 392,113. The tota
number of polls is 92,57S. These figure:
as compared with those of 1908 make
an increase in land valuation of 81 1897,
104, and an increase of personal proper
ty $527,7S3. In the same period the
4 total offsets have decreased $3.50. 431
and the number of polls has increased
by 1913.
For the purpose of showing the com
parative extent to which offsets rur
against personal property that other
wise would be subject to taxation TIT
returns from each county have been care
fully studied and percentages have beer
carefully figured from certain towns O
81 cities in each county. The following
statistical information the increase O
decrease in percentage that offsets IS II
1909 as compared with 1908 givel
TOR Washington county.
s 1909-Personal property taxed, $4'
696, 739; offsets. So, 100, 735; percentag
q offsets are of total personal property
8 AT.
19O8-Personal property taxed, $4
316,772; offsets, $3,767,793; percentag
offsets are of total personal property
1866. Decrease 10 per cent.
S.A. Douglas Centennial.
The Brandon people are discussing
proper observance of the centennial O
= the birth of Stephen A. Douglas VIII,
was born in that town in 1913, I
writer also calls attention to the FAC
that certain Thomas Davenport, WHIT
was q hlacL smith LIVING in Brandon. VT.