St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-29
VERMONT NEWS
Red Cross i'm Vermont.


at the Van Ness Wednesday, DR.. H.
D. Holton of Brattleboro, presiding,
The old officers were reelected as
follows: President, H. ID. Holton,
Brattleboro; vice president, F. d.
Billings, Woodstock; secretary, c. S.
Forbes, ST. Adams; treasurer, H. S.
Howard, Burlington; delegates to
national congress in Washington in
December, Senator w. p. Dilling-
ham; ex-Gov. George H. Prouty and
C. T. Walter, ST. Johnsbury; appoint
ed by Gov Mead from the state
board, DIR. Holton and G. S. Forbes.
Mr.. Howard reported net proceeds
from sale of Red Cross seals in 1910
to be $372.56; donations to IL pa
tients in Vermont sanitarium at
Pittsford $500; balance in seal fund
$15236; cash on hand $29O.66 from
which three more patients will be
assisted. The society will place on
sale $1,000 seals this season.
S. A. r.. at Burlington.
The annual meeting of the YER
mont society. Sons of the American
Revolution was held at Burlington,
Wednesday. The report of the treas
urer showed a balance in the treas
ury of $1,24733 of which $1,213
constitutes a fund for historic mem
orials. DR.. H. D. Holton of Brattle-
boro reported for the committee to
consider the acquiring of the old
Constitution house at Windsor, that
a Windsor society had been organic
ed to take charge of the matter. me
following officers were elected Pres
ident, Frank L. Green; vice pres1-
dent, Frederick S. Pease of Burning
ton; secretary, Walter II. Crockett OF
Montpelier; treasurer, Clarence l..
Smith of Burlington; registrar, IL. L..
Stillson of Burlington; historian
Walter H. Crockett of Montpelier;
chaplain, Rev. Homer A. Flint of
Montpelier; board of managers, Gov.
John A. Mead of Rutland, ex-Gov.
U. A. Woodbury. of Burlington, Col.
Fl. S. Foster of North Calais, Col.
Henry D. Holton OF Brattleboro, Har-
RVS. Howard of Burlington, Maurice
w. Dewey of Montpelier.
Prize Winners at q. V. M.
Prizes were awarded at the Uni
yersity of Vermont Friday Tor the
best entrance examination papers as
follows: Latin, $40, Leslie Prlndle
of Charlotte, prepared at Brigham
Academy; Greek, $40, Robert w:
Daniels, son of Professor Daniels OF
Burlington, prepared at the Burning
ton high schoo; mathematics, S2O,
divided between r. w. Daniels and
J. B. Johnson of Springfield, prepar-
ed at Springfield high.
G.. H. Silver of Brownsville planted
one bean which he found in his
rocket in the cornf1eld. 1t produced
&c pods which contained 357 beans
by actual count.
Mr.. and Mrs. David J. Williams OF
Poultney celebrated the 53d an
niversary of their marriage on NOV.
16 by dining at the Bardwen in Rut-
land. the same hotel where they din
ed on their wedding day.
Judge w. w. Miles, who is presld-
ing in Rutland county court, reduced
to $4,000 the verdict of $41OO recent
ly awarded Miss Lucy Roberts, who
sued William Bucklin of Sudbury
for breach of promise.
l. Charles E. Bishop, "a years old.
at one time a superintendent OF the
Kurn Hattin Home, died in Worces-
ter. Mass, Nov 9. He was at West
minister from 1901 to 1908.
Charles WEIGH of Wilmington
committed suicide on Wednesday by
taking laudanum. He had not beer
we'll for a few days. He was 81
years old.
MT. Sinai Temple held their annua
ceremonial session at Montpelier or
Thursday with Imperial Potentate
Frank Treat of Fargo, N. D., as
guest of honor.
Criminal TraiIed Across Three
States.
Charles L. Galusha, who was par
| doned by Gov G.. H. Prouty from the
state prison at Windsor, where ne
was serving a sentence OF 10 years
: for two offenses of burglary, com
mitted in the spring of 1907, arrived
at BENNINGTON, Friday, in charge O.
Deputy Sheriff Purdy, who arrested
GaIusha in Bangor after a chase
across three states. Galusha il
charged with being implicated in thu
theft of 900 pounds of copper wire
from the telephone company at Man
chester, where the company has beer
engaged in extension work. Th'
officers who have been working OF
the case charge that the wire Wa'
cut in short lengths and shipped tt
Keene, N. H, where it was sold to
firm engaged in making small til
) pals. The deputy sheriff tracet
, Galusha from Keene to Boston Il
Portland to Knot to Hoboken. A
the latter town he followed the mai
80 miles into the woods, where n
5 had been working on a lumber JOB
: but found the bird had flown. HI
came back to Bangor, where n
found Galusha working in a liver.
stable under the name OF Harf.
Gaines. He had grown a full bear'
, but was recognized and acknowledg
l ed his identity. On April 80 and Ma,
8, 1907, Galusha broke into tn
| clothing store of Burt Bros In Ben
f nington and stole clothing and jewel
? ry. He was sentenced by Munic1pa
l Judge E. L. Bates to seven and one
half years for each crime. He wa
t pardoned by Gov. Prouty, who state
} at the time that he had cons1dere'
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