St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-01-25
TRUE & BLANCHARD CO..
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same time shouting a warning to the
man below. Jeffts states that Hak-
ey jumped from the slide and disap-
/ peared over the edge of the bank.
! AS he did not return in few min
utes Jeffts went down to look for
him, finding him about 10 feet
| down the bank in an unconscious
| condition. The singular feature of
the case is that while the symptoms
indicated an injury to the brain
there was not the slightest external
injury John Hakey was 8 years of
age. Besides his parents he is sur
vived by three brothers and sister.
Lineman EIectrocuted.
Daniel J. FitzsimmoHs of West
Rutland, a lineman, employed by
the Rutland railway, Light & Power
company, met death while at work
at the top of a pole at Fair Haven
Friday, but whether he was electro
cuted or died from some other cause
will probably never be definitely
known He was working among
wires which carried a voltage of
1880, but the fact that there are
no burns or other signs of injury on
his body causes doubt as to whether
electricity really caused his death.
Fitzsimmons was "a years old. He
had worked for the company year.
He was unmarried and is survived by
his mother and three brothers.
National Life Officers.
At the annual meeting of the direc-
tors of the National Life Insurance
Company of Montpelier, held Jan.
II, James B. Estee severed his con-
nection with the company as second
vice president, superintendent of
agencies and director. He will remain
in Montpelier for the present. Col.
O. D. Clark was elected to succeed
Mr.. Estee on the board of directors,
and the officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, j. A. DeBoer;
first vice president, Fred A. How
land; treasurer and second vice
president, Harry M. Cutler; superin-
tendent of agencies, E. D. Field;
inspector of agencies, Frank K. Goss.
The remaining members of the direc-
tors are w. P. Dillingham;, ]. S.
Martin and George H. Olmstead.
Big Fire at Pownal.
The Baptist church, the store of
A. G. Parker & Son, and the new
barn and shed of the village of South
Pownal were completely destroyed
by fire Jan. 10, causing a loss of
$4,000. The cause of the fire,
which was discovered at $50 a. M,
is a mystery. 1t is generally be-
lieved that it was started by burg
lars while at work robbing the
store None of the contents of the
store or church were saved The
Pownal post-office was in the store
and a considerable amount of mail
was burned Parker's loss is So
600 on the buildings, on which he
had insurance of $4,000. His
stock was insured for $4,000. There
was an insurance of $4,000 on the
church.
Pastor Poultry Raiser.
During the last year, Rev. w. R.
Curtis of Clarendon, besides minis
tering to his Pensioners, conduct
ed a thriving poultry business in
which he handled $1,000 eggs and
1900 heads of poultry. His largest
recent shipment was that of so
young fowls to "Chester Crest" the
New York Christian Home for In
temperate Men, at Mount Vernon,
N. Y.
Vote to Hold Barton Fair.
At the adjourned meeting of the
Orleans County Fair association at
Hotel Barton last week, it was voted
to hold the annual fair at Roaring
Brook Park next fall as usual and
adjournment was taken for two
weeks at the same time and place to
make further arrangements.
Poultry Winners.
At the 14th annual exhibition of
the Vermont State Poultry associa-
ton at st. Adams last week, the
prize cups for best display in differ
ent classes were awarded as follows:
Single comb Buff leghorns, B. P
and B. p. Greene, Jr., St. Adams;
brown leghorns, H. B. Greene, ST.
Adams; rose comb Rhode Island
Reds, w. B. Writer'S, St. Adams;
Buff Plymouth Rocks, James Chy-
noweth, st. Adams; houdans, H. I.
Burbank, ST. Adams; white Wyan-
dottes, (this is the national white
Wyandotte club cup), George NJ
Beecher, West Pawlet; barred Ply
mouth Rocks, A. C. McClureI Mid
dIetown Springs; white Plymouth
Rocks, C. L. Curtis, ST. Adams; goI-
den Wyandottes, McGinnis & Mail
hot, Iberville, P. O.; Columbian
Wyandottes, G.. w. d. Prouty, Swan
ton: single comb Rhode Island reds,
F. w. Sault, st. Adams; white leg
horns, G. A. Montgomery, Camb-
ridge, N. Y; Langshans, William
Ryan, st. Adams; Orpingtons, D. B.
Braymer, Granville, n. Y; bantams.
S. w. Dunbar, st. Adams; turkeys.