St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27

the pubic Will be refused details
Newspaper representatives were SO
notified by Sheriff J. H. Kiniry OF
Windsor county recently, in view OF
the alleged bungling of the execu-
ton of Mary Rogers a few years
ago, and the reports made. State
ments have been made that to allow
newspaper representatives to be
present and report the execution in
detail will go further toward bring
ing about the adjustment of capital
punishment in Vermont than any
thing else. There seems to be a
we1I-defined belief in Windsor that
Kent will not be hung.
Treatise on White Pine Disease.
Prof. Perley Spaulding of Bethel,
has written an 86-page treatise on
f'The Blister Rust of White Pine, -
which has been published this sea-
son at the government printing Of
flee as bulletin No. 206, bureau of
plant industry. Professor Spaulding
! is a member of the scientific staff of
the bureau and is the pathologist
in charge of forest nursery diseases.
He has also contributed to the bib
biography of this subject, treatise
on tPeridermium Strobi, an impor-
tation from Europe" and Europe
an Currant Rust on White Pine in
America" the latter a summary of
paper presented at the 1909 meet
ing of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
Big Granite Chunk.
Undoubtedly the largest chunk of
dark Barre garnite ever quarried
was removed from Boutwell,, Milne
& Varnum company's No. 8 quarry
w iC
feet long, over nine feet wide and
over three feet thick, weighing
nearly so tons, is to make a rock
face cross, and, together with it's
base, which weighs about 4 5 tons,
makes one of the largest monuments
ever quarried from dark Barre gran
tie. These two immense stones,
each one a carload in itself, were
lifted from the quarry by IS ton
derrick, which was erected last sum-
mer, and the new hosting engine
built by Mead-Morrison Manufacture
ing company expressly for this der
rick and being the only one of its
type in New England. The time
required to hoist the so ton stone
from the bottom of the quarry was
less than 10 minutes.
Capt. Wilcox Reelected.
At business meeting of Cont
pany D Wednesday evening held in
the armory, Herbert A Wilcox was
reelected captain; P. B. Hartwell
was promoted from second lieuten-
ant to first, and Raymond Flint was
elected second lieutenant.
France Will Give Monument.
A Paris despatch deated Dec. Fl
is of great interest to all Vermonters.
It reads: France is arranging an
other imposing testimonial of her
friendship and affection for the
United States. Tomorrow a public
subscription is to be opened to offer
a bronze bust of LA France by
the illustrious French sculptor, Au-
guste Rodin, which will be placed at
the base of the monument to be dedi-
Gated next June on Lake Champlain
to Samuel de Champlain, the French
navigator and explorer, the tercen-
tenary of whose discovery of the lake
was celebrated in 1909. President
Fallieres will head the list of sub
scribers with generous donation
and will be followed by Foreign Min
lister de Selves, Ambassador Jusser-
and, Count de Rochambeau and
other eminent Frenchmen. The
initiative of the movement emanated
with Ambassador Jules J. Jusserand
in accord with the French foreign
Office but as it was desired to have
a public, rather than a governmental
testimonial, the Franco-American
committee was requested to assume
the direction. An appeal to the pub
lie for subscriptions will appear in
the newspapers tomorrow Gabriel
as president of the
late tomorrow in the Figaro the in
Robins f'La France" happened to
selected. The committee, he says,
was at loss to know just what Of
fering to bring to America which
would harmonic with the imposing
of the Champlain mon
ument at Crown Point, N. Y.
But in the studio of. Rodin discover
ed the bronze bust LA France"
Imagine our emotion!" says Mr..
eve sought a symbol
and we found France herself, a
pretty France full of grace, vivacity
and courage, a young French woman
with frank and loyal regard, a
young woman who is a replica of |
our Clotildes, Henrittes, B1anches |
and Jeannes. Her hair is arranged |
like a helmet and her attire is a
cuirass. We sought French /
thought and we found an image of
France herself The bust will be
mounted on a marble base with
representation of the Ameri-
can and French flags. It will be
presented by special delegation of
including members of
the Franco-American committee.
Could Not Convict Feinberg.
Louis Feinberg, a St. Johnsbury
vender of miscellaneous wares, was
arrested in Barre last week Tuesday
by Deputy Sheriff H. J.
Slayton on warrant charging him
with petit larceny, and pleaded not
guilty to the charge at hearing
held before Judge H. w. Scott in
city court the next daY It WAS al