St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-07-20
VERMONT NEWS.
State Board of Pharmacy to Exam
inc Drug Stores to See That Law
is Observed.

State Board of Pharmacy to Exam
inc Drug Stores to See That Law
is Observed.
At meeting of the state board of
pharmacy, held in Montpelier last
week, the board decided to make an
inspection of every store in the state
which handles drugs and medicines,
for the purpose of ascertaining if the
requirements of the law are being
complied with. This action on the
part of the board was brought about
and it's necessity made apparent, by
the recent inspection made of the
drug stores in Burlington. Such an
inspection as contemplated by the
board has never been made before in
Vermont. and, according to the
board. if the conditions are the
same all over the state as they found
them in Burlington, the board hopes
to accomplish much good by this in
spection. A class of six candidates
took the examinations for registra-
ton, during the recent meeting of the
state board.
Much Illness in Barton.
Two hundred people, who have
been attacked by a strange sickness
in Barton, have caused much worry
Holton, secretary of the state board
of health, stated that the epidemic
was over and that none of the cases
had resulted fatally. The cause of
the illness is not known at present,
but DR.. Holton is confident that it
will be discovered soon. The victims
have been ill from 10 to IA days, and
all were attacked with nausea and
fever. At first it was though that
they were i'll with typhoid, but it
was found that such was not the
case. The symptoms of all the people
were similar. The physicians think
that some food was responsible for
the illness
Franklin County Democrats.
The Franklin county democratic
convention, held at Swanton, July IL,
nominated the following county
ticket: Senators, H. G. Comings of
Richford, E. F. Brennan of Fair
East Berkshire, Ellis w. Foster of
Swanton; judge of probate, o. N. KEEL
ton of st. Adams; states attorney E.
A. Ayers Of Swanton; sheriff, George
C. Holmes of st. Adams; high bailiff,
Louis A. Depatie of Enosburg Falls.
Great preparations are being made
by the Willoughby Fish and Game
club for their field day to be held
August 6, at Willoughby.
Vermont Mountain Peaks.
Several interested newspaper men
at the recent press outing inquired
with some curiosity regarding the
comparative heights of Killington
and Camel's Hump. The Woodstock
Age gives once more the comparative
heights of several Vermont noun
tains. Mansfield, 1854 feet; Killing
ton, 4241 feet; Came1s Hump, 4OS8
feet; Lincoln, 4078 feet; lay Peak,
4018 feet; Pico, 1867 feet; Little Kill
lington, 1851 feet; Mendon Peak,
1897 feet; Equinox, 1916 feet; Hay
stack, Wilmington, 1854 feet; Green
Peak, Dorset, 34S6 feet; Ascdtney,
1920 feet; Bear Mountain, Sand
gate, 1920 feet; Blue Ridge, Mendon,
1898 feet. The cold comparison of
figures, therefore, easily places Rut-
land and vicinity in the lead as far as
lofty and imposing peaks are con-
cerned.
Daniel Livingston an employe at
wollen mills in North Hartland, was
found terribly mangled at crossing
near White River Junction, early
last Wednesday morning. 1t is
thought that he was walking on the
tracks the night before, fell asleep,
and was struck by a train.
In the county clerks office at Brat
tleboro, July II, III. G. and F. E. Bar
Der, lawyers, sought to recover $1,000
damages for their client, Stella G.
Starr of Rhode Island. from F'reder-
lex w. Childs of Brattleboro.