St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
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Checker Tournament.

Vermont checker players will
gather in Burlington February p
and % for a tourney which will
open in the morning of the first day
and continue until six in the evening
of the second day. The tourney will
be held in the rooms of the United
Commercial Travellers. Among those
who are expected to be present are
Chas. Stewart of South Burlington, L.
j. Eggleston and Redfield Proctor Of
Rutland, DIR A. J. Valleau of Morris
vile, r. w. Phillips of East Airing
ton, G. M. Darling of Lyndonyille, A.
t. Smell of White River Junction,
Walter Richardson of Westminster
and G N. Moulton of East Charles
ton.
Reunited After Many Years.
Perhaps no stranger tale of war
and romance, the vagaries of fate and
the extended travels of the god of
love has been told than that of Henry
Warboy, farmer of South Williams
town, Mass, a native ofWeSt Charles
ton, Vt, who went to war at the age
or 20 in the 9th Vermont regiment
in which he had a brother, Charles,
another brother, Aaron, enlisting
from Maine. He was captured and
exchanged, was struck over the head
with sword in an encounter with a
scouting party of confederates, took
to a swamp and was reported dead
or missing" He got into line again
at Richmond and was wounded, nLt
captured flag, a confederate sabre
and a piece of shell but the strangest
part of the tale is that he left
sweetheart in Charleston who griev-
ed over his death, but who was
married before the war closed. Later
Mr.. Warboy married and came to
PoWnal to live, the same town in
which his first sweetheart had lived
and where her husband died. Upon
the death of Mrs. Warboy he called
upon his former friend and they were
married within a year.
Handouts in Haymow.
A pair OF handouts and twisters
were found by workmen in a barn
belonging to Col. H. E. Dyer of
Rutland. A quantity of hay was
being removed when a stocking was
empaled on a pitchfork and upon
being thrown to the floor gave forth
clanking sound. Inside were found
the handouts. The hay was put
into the barn last Summer so the
handouts must have been left there
since then. The meadow barns are
frequented by undesirable citizens of
the hobo brand, who doubtless freed
themselves of the undesirable "orna-
ments.'
Springfield Man a Suicide.
William E. Hadwen, of Spring
field committed suicide Feb. Z, at the
Lake View sanatorium at Burling-
ton, conducted by DR.. w. D. Berry.
Mr.. Hadwen stabbed himself in the
region of the heart about 1890
O'Clock in the afternoon and, despite
the efforts that were made to save
his life, died between and 6
o'clock. Mr.. Hadwen was suffering
from melancholia and had been a
patient at the sanatorium for about
a month. Tuesday he suddenly de-
veloped a suicidal mania. He was
under close observation and a COM
petent male nurse was in constant
attendance. Just as Mr.. Hadwen
was going into dinner, however, he
eluded his nurse, seized a knife
from the table and rushed to his
room. which was nearby, slamming
| the door,. Before the nurse could
reach him he had plunged the
knife into his breast. Two physicians
were summoned and Mr.. Hadwen
was operated upon at once. He rail-
lied from the operation but later his
strength failed. Mr. Hadwen was a
| farmer of Springfield and is sur
vived by his wife and several child
rem. He was At years old.
Forestry Association Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Forest
ry association of Vermont will be
held in Burlington, Feb. %. The
Afternoon meeting will be held in the
parlors of the Van Ness House at
3 o'clock. This will be a business
meeting and for informal discussion
of forestry topics. Prof J. L. Hills
will talk on the Agricultural College
forestry course. State Forester
Halves will open discussion on state
control of privately owned timber
lands. Reports are looked for from
VermOnters who have been putting
out forest seedlings. The evening
meeting will be at 8 p. M, in Will
liams Science Hall at the university
1t will be addressed by Prof. J. w.
Tourney of Yale Forest School and
others. The state has just increased
the annual appropriation for agri-
culture and forestry to 100000
from 100000, and there's are
other reasons for encouragement.