St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-03-01
VERMONT NEWS
A Barber for 40 Years.

John F. Walker, Rutland's Oldest
barber, died at the Rutland city hos
pital Feb. %, following short ILL
ness with pneumonia. Mr.. Walker
was born in Fayal, Azore islands, and
he had conducted a shop in Rutland
over 40 years, being in one location
more than rs years. He is sur
vived by his wife, daughter, Mrs.
John N. futile of Rutland, two
sisters, Mrs. J. n. Silver of Somer-
vile, Mass, and Mrs. Goodwin of
East Boston, Mass.
Found Dead in Barn.
David o. Joslin, for many years
prominent citizen of Waitsfeld, was
found dead in his barn Wednesday
evening at o'clock. Mr.. Joslin
with his daughter had passed the
day with c.. D. Joslin, his son, and
was apparently in his usual health,
although for the past week he COM
planned of pains in the region of the
heart He returned home at $50,
and after leaving his daughter at
the house took the horse to the
barn. The members of the family
! were not surprised at his not coming
| into the house, as sometimes he
stopped few minutes in a neigh
boris house. When he did not re-
turn after a long delay search be-
gan and Mr.. Joslin was found dead.
He had taken care of the horse, and
evidently had been cleaning the
barn when death came from heart
failure. Mr.. Joslin was a lifelong
resident of Waitsteld and was gen
orally respected. He was 70 years
of age.
Few Fat Men Divorced.
If all men were fat the divorce
court soon would go out of bust
ness. Fat men love their homes.
Fat men make the best fathers.
Criminals weighing more than 200
pounds are very few.
This eloquent defense of the fat
man is from the lips of w. D. Quinn
by, president of the New England
dinner at the Revere House, Bos-
| ton.
eff you consult the criminal rec
ords," he said, "you will find that
crime decreases in men in proper
ton with the number of pounds they
weigh.
"All this has a reason. Corpulency
| is but the result of a good and hon
est disposition. Any man who is
right minded and goodhearted will
necessarily add fesh.''
Cooper Convicted.
The jury in the case of John
| Cooper, charged with the murder of
| James Williams, chef of the Hia-
Watha club in Winooski, December
| 20, reported a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter Feb. "a and Judge
Miles passed sentence of from Is to
1 5 years at hard labor in the Wind
sor prison. Cooper was unmoved
|
| otherwise.
Wished To Be With Mother.
Frederick r. Bolhmer of Brat
t1eboro, 20, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a 80 calibre
revolver Friday morning. He lived
until nearly night. His mother died
last May and for several weeks he
had threatened to end his life that
he might be with her. The night
before he attended party and seem
ed in the best of spirits.
Died While Building Fire.
| Mrs. Densmore, an aged woman
who lived alone in Warren, was
kithen by a neighbor, Feb. %. Mrs.
Densmore had evidently fallen while
trying to build ire, and struck her
head on the stove. She is survived
by one daughter, Mrs Heath on West
Hill.
Brakeman Badly Bruised.
Arthur Osman, a brakeman on the
Central Vermont railway, narrowly
escaped serious injury at st. Adams,
Wednesday when he was struck by
an engine and knocked down and
dragged for about so feet. He was
walking on the track and when
struck was pushed along on the ice
and snow between the rails for dis
lance of about so feet before the en-
CINE could be stopped. An eye wit
ness of the accident says that the ice
on the track without doubt saved his
life as he slipped along on his back
on the ice, otherwise he would prob
ably have gone under the locomo-
tive. AS it was he was badly bruised
but it is thought no bones were
broken.
Forestry Association.
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont Forestry association occurred
Feb. %, at the University of Vermont
with President F. d. Proctor in the
chair. After a short discussion OF
ways and means the following off.