St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
VERMONT NEWS
A Greensboro Party of Golfers In
An Auto Accident.

Mountain View club of Greensboro
to play the Barre and Montpelier
clubs was making sharp turn near
the Farnham farm in East Mont
pelier the machine skidded in the
slippery road, plunged off the road
and rolled over in the field once and
partially over again. There were
five occupants of the car, two of
whom were hurt so that they were
taken to the Heaton hospital in
Montpelier. Mcfarland, who was
driving the machine, sustained a
broken nose and other injuries,
while one other received dislocated
shoulder. The machine was badly
smashed up and was taken to Will
Hams' garage in Montpelier.
Annual Labor Meeting.
The tenth annual convention of
the Vermont branch, American Fed
Grafton of Labor was held in Bethel
last week. The reports of officers
gave evidence of much activity dur
ing the year, though the organiza-
ton of new branches has Jagged
somewhat in comparison with the
year before. The annual election
resulted as follows: President,
George Wilkins of Burlington; first
vice-president, Job A. Long of Brat
tleboro; second vice-president, j. P.
Fitzgerald of Bellows Falls; third
vice-president, Fred H. Beal of
Bethel; fourth vice-president, L. w.
Stafford of st. Joh1fsbury; CORE
spending secretary, Alexander Iron.
side of Barre; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Nelson A. Malmgren of Rutland. S.
L. Huffmire of Rutland, the retiring
president was presented with gold
h Of hn
Grafton, and a set of silver spoons,
the presentation speech being made
by Philip J. Byrne of Boston.
Lnnatic Hanged At Asylum.
Cyril Bigue, SO years old, an in
mate of the state hospital for the
insane, committed suicide by hang
ing Wednesday afternoon and al
though he was discovered promptly
he was dead when found. Mr.. Bigue
was committed from Winooski and
had endeavored to kill himself be-
fore. A careful watch was kept on
him and several times during the
day he was taken from the closet
where he finally succeeded in max
ing way with himself. While the
attendants in the hospital ward in
which he was confined were chang
ing the bed patients, Bigue took adj
vantage of their occupation to slip
away to the closet, took off his sus-
penders, placed them over a parti-
ton. He then fell forward on his
knees, choking himself to death.
His neck was not broken.
State Christian Endeavor Conven-
ton.
The annual convention of the Yer
mont Christian Endeavor Society, of
which the Rev. Fraser Metzger, of
Randolph, is president, is to be held
in Randolph from October 3 to 5.
Among the speakers for the session
will be the Rev. DR.. D. l.. Cady,
pastor of the Shawmut Congrega-.
tional church in Dorchester, Mass;
the Rev. N. Fay Smith, chaplain of
the Moody Schools, and pastor in
Mortified, Mass; the Rev. L. T.
Bishop, of New York; and E. c.
Myer, of New York, who is connect
ed with the Student Volunteer
movement.
Log Rolling Today.
The fifth annual outing of the
Northern Vermont Log Rolling AS
ISOLATION will be held at Craftsbury
TO-DAY. Bennington Battle day.
Speeches will be made by A. o. Pal
mer, of Burlington, New England
States deputy, and Benjamin Gates,
of Montpelier, state lecturer. There
will be interesting sports and the
Albany Cornet band will furnish
music.
Co. f. Won In Rifle Match.
The competition of the company
teams of the Vermont National
Guard which took place at the State
rifle range in Mortified last week,
closed Friday. The Centennial
trophy was again won by Company
F of Northtield, by total of 70
points over Company M of Burling-
ton, the nearest competitor.
The standing of the company
teams was as follows: First, Com
pany F, Mortified, score LAG;
second, Company M, Burlington,
1,121; third Company A, Rutland,
1,O11; fourth, Company H, Mont
pelier, $685. fifth, Company B, st.
Adams, 897; sixth, Company L,
Newport, 854; seventh Company c,
Brandon, 835; eighth, Company D,
st. Johnsbury, 817; ninth, Company
/, Brattleboro, S12; tenth company
e, Bellows Falls, 811; eleventh,
Company G, Woodstock, 1871.
X. p. Officers.
At the 26th annual meeting OF
the Grand Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, held in st. Adams Tuesday
the following officers were elected
for the ensuing yeaf: Grand chan
ceIlor. George Jarvis of Burlington;
grand yice-chancelIor, S. B. Waite of
Hyde Park; grand prelate, J. V. Stew
CAS- of Waterville; grand keeper of
the the. records and seals, 6; NJ. Wiley
- barre. grand master{ of the ex-
cbaouar r w. Booth of ESsex;
~rsnd master at arms, F. A. Stdwell
Of LyndonviIle; grand inner guard,
n. p. Harris of Montpelier; grand
outer guard j. Heyman o. r ~ p,t
Grand trustees, C. E. futile OF Hnt-|
sand F. p. Campbell of Waterbury;
Grand tribune, n. A. Norton OF Lyn-
do n supreme representative J.
r remington of Bennington. S. r.
Rorioht of Richford, the retiring