St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-07-06
| NJ. Defur of White River Junction, a
| wrestler shattering his jaw.
killed Near Newport.

M. Defur of White River Junction. a
wrestler, shattering his jaw.
killed Near Newport.
John Tisdale, aged 80 years, met
a violent death Friday while driving
from North Troy to his home in Pot
ton, Que. It was the custom of Mr..
Tisdale to make this trip three times
weekly and while returning from
the trip Friday he met Fred Kelly OF
Richford, who was driving an auto
mobile to Newport to attend the
Shriner's meeting The horse which
had always been considered safe, be-
came frightened and Mr.. Kelly drew
his machine one side and was about
to help when the horse started by
from the machine Mr.. Tisdale came
in contact with an overhanging
branch, was brushed out of the
wagon and almost instantly killed.
Mr.. Iisdale is survived by wife and
one son, with whom he lived. No
blame is charged to Mr.. Kelley in
any way.
Presented a Mountain.
It isn't often that a young man re-
ceives on his 21st birthday a noun
tain for a present-particular
beautiful verdure-clad Green Noun
tain peak-but that is the present
Mortimer r. Proctor of Proctor has
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Governor Fletcher D. Proctor. George
T. and Newman K. Chaffee of Rut-
land have decided to Mortimer Proc.
tor a thousand acres of timberlandS
in the town of Sherburne. The prop
erty conveyed is all of the original
rights Nos IS, IA and Is in that
town, including the peak of Mount
PicO. The land is heavily wooded and
is suited for a magnificent game pre-
serve for which it may be retained
by it's owner. Mortimer PrOctOr'S
grandfather, the late Senator Redfteld
Proctor owned AND occupied for
considerable part of his vacations
lodge at Pico pond, having purchased
several years ago the pond and ad-
joining acreage from the ChaffeeS
Mortimer r Proctor gets this thou
and acres as his 21st birthday present
from his father.
The young man has just attained
his majority, has completed his soph
omore year at Yale university and is
now on a trip to Europe with a class
mate. He is very fond of fishing and
outdoor life, as was his distinguished
grandfather.
Marriage of Porter I'll. Dale.
The marriage of Miss Augusta
Mervine Wood and Porter Hinma1
Dale of Island Pond was solemnized
at noon Saturday, in the South Con-
gregaIiOnal church Boston. The
ODiClaIlnS clergyman was rev ILQ-
ward Cummings, minister of the
church. The bride has been an &C
tive worker IN DR.. Hale'S philan-
thropies She was given in marriage
by Silas S. Stone, master emeritus
of the Hyde school in Roxbury, where
she had been teaching for some years.
She wore a gown of white duchess
lace, appIiQued in chiffon, bugles and
pearls. Her veil was caught up with
gardenia and white orchids. Her or
namentS were pearls.
The bride was attended by Miss
Marion J. Dale and Miss Amy Porter
Dale. daughters of the bridegroom.
and Miss Mary W. Strobe. a cousin
of the bride, a native of Texas. The
best man was Luther A. Cobb and
the ushers were Timothy B. Dale and
George n. Dale, sons of the bride
groom. The church was decorated
with flowers and foliage from the es-
tate of the late DR.. Hale.
The bride is native of CRANKY,
Mo. Both the mother of the bride
and the another of the bridegroom
were present at the wedding, the lat
ter coming here from her home in
st Petersburg, Fla.
Following the ceremony, the best
man, Mr.. Cobb, who is cashier of the
Island Pond National bank, and eX-
bank commissioner of Vermont, was'
married to Miss Alice Gertrude Smith
of Boston.