St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-14
VERMONT NEWS
rata1itv at Tercentenary.

10. NIongeon of St. Hyacinthe, P.
H5o'G' IN the Mary Fletcher hospital
O. a ellington, July 4, from injuries re-
al Ia. pi' nv being run down by an auto
ceiy ,I. The evening before. Mongeon,
noDIEl od come to attend the celebration,
WIZ ding a bicycle at the corner of
was IL &C Champlain and College streets
SGu.H IN automobile driven at terrific
Wn '1 struck him and threw him to the
sP sSSrolk, The car continued its career
Slu :1hont A halt to see how much the boy
VIM III G;n;nred, and its speed was so great
wa Eas ~ none of those who witnessed the
tna ,;Ient could distinguish the number
a. 'aorried. Mongeon was able to talk
h sT picked up but was suffering from
,le+nd injuries, and though he was
lp n;otIy removed to the hospital it was
4u u"ossible to save his life. 1t developed
In lt day that the car that killed Mon
u lsnn was owned by Governor Prouty.
ssbnnAeur Benway has been arrested and
LID for trial. Gov. Prouty was in
pplI,attsburgh at the time.
imam r. Allen, who has been an as
.;.r9nt in the Rhode Island normal
s ,lj has been chosen to the principal
s5;n the Johnson state normal school,
' "np f. Merriam, who was elected to
tbs oosition, but resigned few weeks
ago.
+ has been learned that Elroy Kent,
uto was convicted at the March term of
pntIand county court of the murder of
Wiss Della B. Congdon, of East Walling-
lord made an unsuccessful attempt to
sesame from the house of correction last
Thursday. He had filed one of the win
dow bars through and had filled up the
hole with soap, evidently intending to
bend the bar back and escape at the first
opportunity
TWO Drownings at Newport.
At Newport, Thursday morning, June
81 Frederick Gochen mysteriously dis
aopeared After long search his body
was va found July 8 floating upon the lake
waters. In one hand, tightly grasped,
was fishing pole, to which was attach
da 1lg pound bass. 1t is evident that
The camey fish caused his captOr to lose
his balance with the resulting fatal end.
The boy is survived by a widowed
mother and one sister.
Monday morning, July 5, Ora Brais,
EIGHT years of age, was running on the
ogs near his home, and falling between
The timbers was drowned in four feet Of
water. Alarmed by the cries of his play
mates, the mother jumped in after the
boy, but failed to reach him as he rose
thc second time. Eugene Byant re-
covered the body, but an hours ener-
getic work by a doctor failed TO revive
the life spark.
Thirteenth Vermont Reunion.
The twenty-hrst annual reunion of
the Thirteenth Vermont Regimental
Association was held in Burlington,
Wednesday, the meeting being attended
BY about 50 members of the old regi-
ment. The neurological report showed
p deaths in the regiment the past year.
The officers elected were as follows:
President !. G. Farwell, of Montpelier !;
vice president, J. n. Harmon, of Nashua,
n H. secretary, Eli n. Peck treasurer,
Col. H. W. Allen. The honorary mem
bers elected were Henry A, Willard, of
Washington, D. c.. E. S. Towne, of
Holyoke, Mass, w. H. Balander, and l..
C. Brackett, of New York, D. w. Robin
son and Gen. 7. S. Peck, of Burlington,
and S. NJ. Palmer, of Underhill.
Attempts to Shoot Priest.
On July 6, Beatrix Thompson, a
woman of about 40 years, bitter anti
Catholic fanatic, attempted the life of
Rev, J. F. ellis, priest of St. Mary's
cathedral, Burlington. Father ellis
was on his way to early mass, when a
yelled woman fired one shot through
the rain, The bullet passed through his
umbrella and Father ellis escaped un-
hurt to telephone the police. In the
evening Miss Thompson was arrested at
her room. From her handbag was
taken fully loaded 80 calibre, double
action revolver, and 10 extra bullets.
Littlei is known of her, except that she is
very deaf and uses speaking tube.