St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-03-08

claims, at the hands of Oscar Potter
man of unsavory reputation. On
Jan 21, he went with Potter to look
at some cattle and afterwards to
Potter's house. AS the house was
cold a fire was started in the stove
and Sumner lay down on a couch
to take a nap. He was awakened
by flames which enveloped his feet
and alleges that his companion
poured kerosene on his feet and de-
liberately set fire to it. His feet
we're terribly burned and he was kept
a prisoner for a week. When any
one came Potter would hide him.
Both the men are hard drinkers and
we're undoubtedly intoxicated.
Potato Show at Montpelier.
The potato show at Montpelier
today under the direction Of the
agricultural committee of the board
of trade bids fair to be a great sue
cess. The speakers will be Joseph
A. DeBoer, A. NJ. Vaughan, of
Randolph, E. S. Brigham of ST.
Adams, and L. G. Dodge, potato ex-
pert of the department of agricul-
ture at Washington. The purpose
of the meeting is to disseminate
practical ideas about the culture of
potatoes so as to secure larger po-
tatoes and more in the hill. Mr..
Brigham raised 5000 tubers last
year which were sent south for seed.
Champlain Memorial Architect.
The New York Champlain Com
mission has ratified the action of the
monument committee meeting in
New York recently and President J.
M. Thomas, chairman of the YER
mont Champlain tercentenary COM
M &C tn a T1n ia1 tn
plain to be built by New York and
Vermont, announces the selection
of Hugh Mcclellan of New York as
architect for the proposed memorial.
The selection was made through
competition. The monument which
will be a light house will be erected
the coming summer at Crown Point
and will take the place of the pres
ent Crown Point light.
$4,000 Suit Ended
The end of the suit against the
Hooker, Corser e Mitchell company
brought by the town of Brattleboro
to recover SIS, 0ov alleged to be due
in the the form of back taxes came
Feb. %, in the shape of a letter from
the selectmen to Clarke C. Fits, at
continuing the action. 1t is alleged
spite
North Troy Crossing Abolished. ,
The Vermont pubic service COM
mission, with all the members
present, decided Feb % to order the
abolishing of a dangerous grade
crossing on Pine street in the village
of North Troy. The plan contemp-
lated is the building of an underpass
about 100 feet south of the present
crossing, The state is to be assessed
20 per cent, the town Is per cent,
and the railway company 55 per
cent. Judge F. E. Alfred appeared
for the company and o. S. Annis for
the town at the hearing. The same
day a hearing was held in Newport
on the fatal accident case of one
Doucette, who was recently killed
in the local yards of the Boston &
Maine railroad company.
Burlington Has Day Nursery.
A day nursery, plans for which
have been under way for some time
was opened at the Neighborhood
house, Burlington, Feb. 10.
Mrs. Bernice McClintock will be
in charge of the nursery,
and children from one to five
years old, whose mothers are
employed during the day, will be
cared for at merely nominal
charge. Mrs. McClintock will be as
sisted for the first week or two by
competent trained nurse and she
will have a maid to help her per
manently. The charge for each
child is five cents a day and this in
cludes care and food.
Once a Nurse in Burlington,
1t has been learned that Miss
Amelia NJ. Leonard, who is charged
with the sensational jewel robberies
IN Boston and against whom even
grayer charges are limited, received
a part of her training at the Mary
Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, but
was dismissed from that institution
after brief stay when it was dis
covered that she was unreliable and
untruthful. She was at the hospital
from January 1902, until May of the
same year and during that time COM
mitted number of offenses of that
nature. Miss Leonard waived ex-
animation in the Boston municipal
court and was remaRded to Jail in de-
fault of $4,000 bail, on the charge
of stealing jewelry and other articles
to the vaule of many thousands of
dollars from Miss Mary J. Lockwood.
an aged patient at the Hotel Bruins
wick, who died few days ago while
under her care. 1t is possible that