St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-14
For "a Years a minister. .

for Is years a preacher of the Gospel is
passing the sunset of his days with his
faculties retained to a remarkable degree.
On Dec. 6 Mr.. Bidwen was 101 years
old. His memory which is remarkable
for a man of his years goes back over the
history of three generations, and he can
relate incidents relative to the battle OF
Plattsburg. He recalls hearing the boom
and roar of the cannon during that
famous fight. During his long career he
is said to have officiated at over 200 fun
erals and 400 weddings. performing
several marriages during the past sum-
mer. On several occasions he performed
the ceremony of marriage, receiving for
his trouble a bushel of potatoes or a
bushel of corn. During the summer OF
1909 and 1910, Rev. Mr.. Bidwell preach
ed with great fervor to large congrega-
tons at the East Middlebury Methodist
church.
C. A. Prouty Scheduled for Judgeship.
Information from an excellent, if not
absolutely authoritative source, in Wash
ington indicates that President Taft has
determined upon two members of the
new court of commerce They are
Charles A. Prouty of Vermont and
Franklin K. Lane of California, both OF
whom are now members of the interstate
commerce commission. Charles AFRO
l.
1853. He was graduated from Dart
mouth in 1875, studied law and prac-
ticed his profession in his native town,
which he represented in the legislature in
1880. For some score of years past he
has been a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission at an annual
salary of $4,000.
Bellows Falls Poultry Show.
Z. r. IL.
ticut Valley Poultry association was held
at Bellows Falls last week. 1t was sur
prising success, scoring what is said to
have been the most successful of any
similar exhibition this year in this sec
ton of New England. There were 615
birds shown, and it was by 80 different
exhibitors. The scores ran very high
in all classes. The judges were L. K.
Fetch of Natick and D. E. Tasker of Brat
tleboro. These officers were elected for
the coming year: Pres, Rev. A. c. Will
son of Bellows Falls; first vice pres, 6.
D. Clark; vice pres, D. E. Tasker of
Brattleboro, E. P. Tilton of Springfield,
Mass, C. ]. Hatch of Waterbury, II. D.
Curtis of Rutland, R. F. Hatch of Bristol,
Roy II. Buss of East Acworth, E. E.
Ward of Marlboro, N. H.; Sec, A. T.
Pierce; asst. Sec, w. w. Allen; treas, w.
6. Freeman; ex. conn.,, Rev. A. c. Wilson,
George r. Wales, G. M. Baker, w. 6.
Freeman; w. w. Hall, D. M. Thaver, c. 1
D. Clark, A. T. Pierce.
State sect Together" Banquet.
Unusual plans are being furthered now
for statewide ''get together" banquet
in the interests of Vermont, to be held in
the Gates Opera House, at White River
Junction. during the late spring, now
that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has as
sured the Windsor County Y. M. c. A.
committee, who have the affair in charge,
that he will come to Vermont to speak
on this occasion. Prominent leaders in
the life of Vermont, representative of all
the various interests, colleges, railroads,
churches, schools, societies and other or
CARNATIONS, will be brought together, as
it is proposed to seat between FIVE and
six hundred men. The subject suggested
to ex-president Roosevelt by the commit
tee the other day inNNew York, was Co
operation in Country Life" as this will
be made the keynote of the gathering.
DIR. Butterheld, President of Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island Agricultural col
lege, and a prominent member of Roose-
velt's Commission on Country Life, has
also assured the committee that he
would be present and speak, along with
one or two other prominent country life
leaders. 1t is expected that ex-governor
Proctor will act as POSTMASTER.
at Mary Fletcher Hospital.
Henry Greene of Burlington has been
elected president of the board of directors
of the Mary Fletcher hospital to succeed
the late ID. II. Buckham. The superin-
tendent's report for the year ending Dec.
/, shows the number of patients admit
ted to the hospital during the year
to be 2,7S9. The charity patients, in
Guiding those treated in the hospital
wards and the outdoor patients, aggre-
gate 1883 out of a total of 3.7S9. In
spite of the fact that over $185, 900 had
been spent in new buildings and new
equipment the gratifying announcement
was made that the receipts from the new
pay ward had increased the income so
that the annual receipts were nearly
meeting the annual expenditure.
Native of Waterford.
George Rowell, the son of Daniel
Rowell of Waterford, died Dec. 2, in Bos-
ton and the remains were brought to
Littleton for the funeral and buried in
Waterford. A sad feature connected
with Mr.. Rowe1l's death was that no
relatives were with him nor could they
be reached in time for the funeral.
Newport Rector Resigns.
Rev. A. c. Larned, rector of St. Marks
church, Newport, has accepted call as
assistant minister of St. MichaePs church
in Bristol, R. l. This is one of the oldest
parishes in New England, the church
having been founded before the Revolu-
ton. It's membership includes 500 COM
municants. This change takes place
Jan. LIST. The Barton mission, which
Rev. Larned has supplied. will be sup
piled from Lyndonville after Jan. I.
Summer Hotel Sold.
The Mountain Spring house, located
at Lake Dunmore, and one of the largest
summer resorts in Vermont, has been
sold by Frank J. Quinn of Rutland to I.
Shapiro of Boston, capitalist.
Assaulted with Axe.
Cleveland Winters. a seventeen-year-
old youth of Swanton. is now under
$500 bonds to appear at the next term |