St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-02
VERMONT NEWS
S., 600 Worth of Hedgehogs Killed
in Five Months.


been paid out in 30-cent Dounties.
Bolton is the banner town thus far
with claims of $5G6.T0, Waterbury
second at $4S2.70 and Groton third,
S39180 One man in Waterbury
brought in 800 hedgehogs in week.
From the present rate at which the
claims are presented to the state 1T
is expected the total for the year will
be etween $4,000 and 1900. In
1904, the last full year in which
the state paid bounty on hedge
hogs, the years total was $6 ,861.20,
considerably less than the estimate
for this year The law provides that
any person killing porcupine COM
monty known as hedgehog may with
in ten days present the head Of the
same to the town clerk of the same
town and if satisfied that the animal
was killed in said town he gives such
person a certificate. The head is
marked by cutting oft both ears in
the presence of the Gle. X and the per-
son killing the hedgehog pays the
town clerk five cents for every head
presented. The treasurer of the town
on presentation of the certificate shall
pay thirty cents.
Killed by Train at Coventry.
A fatal accident which caused the
Q0aCn OIL SlInOu ~. EdClAGIs OCCu1IO gu
at Coventry station July rs. The
New York flyer was about one hour
late and was making some time on
the stretch from Orleans to Newport.
Mr., Radiker was approaching the
crossing at Coventry in a team ac-
companied by man named Lampher.
when the train was sighted, coming
at go miles an hour. Mr.. Lampher
Remarked that they could not make
the crossing before the train passed.
AS Mr.. Radiker was hard of hearing
he made no response and Lampher
took the reins in his hands. Mr..
Radiker recovered the reins and re-
marked that there was plenty of time.
AS they approached nearer to the
crossing it became apparent to Mr..
Lampher that it was dangerous to try
to pass in front of the train, and he
Jumped from the carriage. The train
struck the rear wheels and threw Mr..
Radiker so feet against the station,
crushing his body to pulp. The
wagon was thrown entirely over the
station.
Summer School of Forestry.
A summer school of forestry and
horticulture will be held at the Dow
ner state forest in Sharon. August
14-24 inclusive, under the direction
of State Forester A. F. Halves of
Burlington, in cooperation with the
University of Vermont and State Ag-
ricultura1 College. The school will
be open to any males over 10 years
old. Thursday, August II, basket
picnic will be held at the Downer
state forest. This will be public. A
few informal talks on forestry and
agricultural subjects will be given
and an Opportunity offered to visitors
to inspect the forest and its opera
tons.
The Bennington Pageant
Bennington in it's early days had
the most stirring history of any Yer
mont town and many of these scenes
are to be reproduced in a historical
pageant to be given by the people of
Bennington August IL, IA, Is and 16,
in celebration of the 150th anniver-
sary of the settlement of the town.
In addition tc the scenes depicting
the early history there will be sever
al indicative of the progress and
changes brought by succeeding years
down to the present day.
It was Bennington county that fur
nished the governors of Vermont for
81 of the first AZ years that Vermont
was a state, and not only the COVER
nors but a large proportion Of the
other state officials. 1t was at Ben
nington that the first church in the
state was formed, church that still
exists. 1t was at Bennington that
the first militia company of the state
was nelisted and the first manufac-
turing enterprise in the state was es-
tablished.
The College and the People.
The spirit of public service is be-
coming more and more an actuating
principle of educational institutions.
Where formerly the service was To-
cal in nature and extent one now
doors of the people. The beginning
of a systematic extension of the col
lege to people remote from college
centers was made in Vermont last
year when Dean Walter E. Howard
organized college extension lecture
courses to be given by members of
the faculty of Middlebury College.
The movement was well received by
the people from the first and there
were calls for above sixty lectures
in all parts of the state. The courses
will be continued this year under the
direction of Prof. Raymond McFar-
land of the Department Of Pedagogy,
who announces an attractive list of
speakers and subjects. The plan is
to give the lectures in groups of five,
no lecturer appearing twice in a
course. Twenty-Five subjects are Of
fered from the fields of history, BIZ
ography, literature, education, soci-
ology and travel. The courses are
conducted under the auspices of the
school, the church, the grange and
| literary clubs-in either case the
best thought of the college finds an
avenue for reaching the people.
Vermont Notes.
| The Mary Fletcher hospital at
Burlington is minus $500 and Henry
Dion, an employee, has skipped. In