St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-04-21
VERMONT NEWS
-, navs course in Forest Planting.

s ~ of the state nursery two year.
Hsn'+ That it seems probable that this is t.
a az me- a part of the regular spring farm
Doorations In spite of the rapid exten
o;on Of the nursery the supply of stock
so 50 largely taken up last year by lane
Wa ',e arc of the state that it has been nee.
cssary to import seedlings from Germany
his YEAR. Experience with this import,
VI a. material in other parts of New Eng
Iond indicates that it is fully as satisfac.
. .'', as that grown here. These three
',ooy transpIants are for sale at between
{onr and five dollars per thousand. OF
4Is state nursery stock there is for sale a
tr,;ted amount of the following: White
n;ne two year seedlings at $3.50 per
tbonsand; Scotch pine two year seedlings
~ "a 90 per thousand; Norway spruce
three Il, wear seedlings at $500 per thou
$40 Now that seedlings have been brought
within the reach of all prospective plant
ere the only hindrance to extensive re-
forestations lack of kno Wedge regard
mo the methods and cost of planting
and the profit to be derived theretrom.
While the work is very simple and of
snch a nature that any farmer can read
v do it. there is we'll known conserva-
tism in undertaking new problems. In
order to overcome this difficulty State
Forester Halves has arranged to give
two DAYS course in forest planting at the
University of Vermont at Burlington,
Anril % and 20. This short course will
COMPRISE lectures and actual field work
in ali the operations OF raising trees from
seed and setting out the nursery stock
on the land. 1t is entirely free to all and
no application is necessary.
While farmers are situated favorably
for carrying out this work themselves
there are many lumber companies and
nonresident land owners who are be-
coming interested in planting who are
not so well situated for carrying on the
work. 1t is probable that some of those
attending this course can find employ
ment in experimenting the paintings on
such holdings.
Applications for nursery stock or in
quiries regarding the planting course
should be addressed to A. F. Halves,
State Forester, Burlington, Vt.
Major 6. S. Blodgett Dead.
Maj. Gardner S. Blodgett died at his
home in Burlington, Friday, of pneu-
monia, in his Goth year. In 1854 he in
vented the famous portable oven, organ
izng the firm of Blodgett & Co., now
the g. S. Blodgett company. The oven
has been used by the army many years.
Mr.. Blodgett enlisted for the Civil war,
was commissioned captain by President
Linconin 1861 and served until October,
1865 leaving the service as brevet ma
or. He was assistant quarter master
and assistant commissary of subsistence,
and had charge of feeding and equipping
the command. He was ordered to An
napolis, Md, in 1861 as chief depot
quartermaster. The great parole camp
accommodating $4,000 men was built
under his direction. In 1864 he was or
dered to Baltimore to relieve Col. Alex
ander Bliss as chief quartermaster of the
Sth army corps.
During his service at Annapolis, Mai. |
Blodgett disbursed nearly 100000,
issued 100000 uniforms, $4,000 tents, |
100000 blankets and great quantities of
equipments and food. He laid out the |
national cemetery, selecting the site, pur-
chasing ground and later burying 5000 |
soldiers At the close of the war he sue
Heded Col. Bliss in charge of river and |
railroad transportation. In 1873 he |
was assistant United States commission
er to the Vienna exposition.
Maj. Blodgett was a member of the |
First Church, Sons of the American Rev.
olution, Society of the Army of the Poto-
mac and Stannard post, 6. A. R. He
leaves a wife and a son, DR.. Frank |. |
Blodgett, of New York.
To Name Bishop.
A meeting of counselors and irremov-
able rectors of the diocese of Burlington
was held April 10 at the episcopal resi-
dence at Burlington for the selection of a
terna to be presented at Rome. Three
names were selected as candidates for
the office of bishop. They will not be
made public. In the absence of Arch
bishop O'Connell of Boston, Bishop T.
D; Beavens of Springfield, Mass. presid-
co. Those present at the meeting were
Sounselors RI Rev. ]. M. Cloarec of
Burlington, Rev. !. D. Shannon of Mid
dlebury, Rev. P. J. Barrett OF the cathe-
oral and Rev D. ]. O'Sullivan of St.
Adams, and the irremovable rectors,
Fathers Cloarec, Audet, O'Sullivan, A. J.
Barron of Bennington and J. M. Brown
OF Rutland. Later meeting of the bis
hops of this archdiocese will be held in
Boston for the selection of bishops
terna. Both ternae will be then for
Warded to Rome.
Brought up Twelve Orphans.
-, Mrs. Azuba St. John died April IL at
woodstock, aged &c. Mr.. and Mrs. st.
John were childless; but their hearts
IoVeFtlowed toward the young, and they
oroug hit up twelve orphaned children to
maturity, their hospitable doors SEEM
ing always to stand open to the needs of
such. In this work of affection came
Doth deep pleasure and pain. All these
11oung people grew to maturity and
excepting one lad who died at
Tue age OF eight years, and all the
olhers are supposed to be living, though
some have not been heard from for a
number of years, and while some have
.iSen to wealth and prominence unfortu-
naleiy few seemed to appreciate very
Aeenily the motherly sacrifices of this
loole-hearted woman. Among these
aLter is Sergeant w. M. c. Howard,
VINO year ago returned from military
'srvlce in the Philippines and has since
been with her. =
Montpelier Woman Badly Burned.
Mrs. oseph Jones of Montpelier was ;
burned Friday. She was burn {
ng rubbish in a bonfire and the skirt of a