St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-20

could be found nor heard of Bo-
gardus made an excuse to leave his
when telegram was received that
he was in Hoosick Falls. The man
had been drinking and bottle was
found in his pocket. The unhappy
bride left on the first train for home.
The buildings of Victor Gilbert of
Craftsbury were destroyed by fire
Dec. IL. Twenty-four head of cat
tie, a horse, and seven hogs were
burned. 1t is thought that the fire
originated in sawdust under a
bridge of the barn by spontaneous
combustion.
Fred E. Ducharme of Fairfield
and K. G. Russell of Worcester,
Mass, are in Franklin county Jail,
having been caught red-handed at
the work of confidence men. They
arrivd in st. Adams at 1915
a. M, and started in at once.
Russell bought a suit for SIS
and rendered a check for $36 drawn
on the Second National bank of Bos-
ton. The clerk did not have the
change so Russell left the check
The clerk became suspicious and no
titled the police. The men claimed
to represent the Hapgood Mop Co. of
Boston They had worked a sim
liar game in Morrisvil1e and Swan
ton and are believed to have done
quite a business as check-passers in
small towns in New England.
It is planned by the Green Noun
tain club to rebuild the road up Mt.
Killington,< the second highest peak
in Vermont.
Gilbert A Davis, who is the oldest
member of the Windsor county bar,
was not present on the opening day
of the term on account of the sick
ness of his son and his own health.
Mr.. Davis has been present at the
opening of every term of court, be-
ginning at the May term 1859, max
ing 1913 terms.
c. G. Putnam & Son have sold
their lumber plant at Putnamsville
and Worcester to the Dock and Coal
Co. of Plattsburg. The deal involves
between 100000 and 100000 and
includes the saw mill at Putnams-
vile with a capacity of 100000
feet of lumber and the mill at Wor-
cester with capacity of 100000
feet, the stumpage of 1880 acres
of land with rs years in which to
cut it. The sale does not include
store, houses or personal property.
Richford has a family of five gen
erations consisting of Mrs. Eleanor
L. Gray, born July IS, 1880; Mrs.
Abbie L. Adams, born June g. 1858;
Mrs. Daisy I. Miller, born Oct. 5,
1871; Mrs. Hazel l. Lambert, born
February 2, 1892 and a daughter
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert, Dec.
6.
Charles E: Sturges, a promin-
ent Odd Fellow of Brattleboro, aged
IS, died Dec. 10. He served in Co.
F., 9Th Connecticut regiment dur
ing the Civil War as drummer boy.
The annual school for the officers
of the Vermont National Guard will
be held in Burlington, January 4-6.
Col. H. E. Dyer of Rutland will be
in charge.
Charles E. Crane, brother of E.
H. Crane of Brattleboro, was one of
the newspaper men who told Samuel
E. Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, of the
Mcnamara brothers confession.
Addison county has decided to fol-
low the example Of Windsor county
and is planning to have a corn-grow-
ing contest next year.
A bill has been found in Windsor
county court against DR.. J. W. Their
riauIt of Claremont, N. H., charging
him with infanticide. This is the
result of the finding of the body of
an infant in the river near White
River Junction last summer.
Judge Edgar Aldrich of the United
States circuit court has announced
a decision affirming the right of E. J..
F. Eddy of Montpelier, adopted son
of the late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy,
to bring action to set aside certain
large requests to the Christian Sci
ence church in the will of Mrs.
Eddy.