St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-22

Barre, r. =. Evans OF BuFHuSlOu, H..
F. Hatch of Bristol, G. d. Clark OF
Bellows Falls, C. /. Hatch of Water
bury, G.. S. Eaton of Woodstock, B..
H. Beeman of Burlington, p. w. Abb
hey of Essex, w. r. Burleigh of Lar
abee's Point, g. NJ Beecher of West
Pawlet, w. D. Wilson of ST. Adams,
c.. w. D. Prouty of Swanton, d. b.
Braymer of Granville, N. Y, Charles
Mailhot of Iberville, Que, T. F. Gin
mis- of Iberville, Que, G. G. Stevens
of Manchester, n. H., w. w. Stiles
of AIburg, c. F. Smith of Morrisville,
G. B. Foss of Hyde Park, Harry Con-
no of South Hero, and A. G. Mcclure
Of Middletown Springs. The follow
ing were elected directors: F. w.
Sault, NJ D. Jarvis, w. B. Writer'S, A.
B. Wheeler, C. L. Curtis, C. H. Gotta,
B. P. Greene, jr., Charles Champion,
jr., and Stephen W. Dunbar The as
ISOLATION now has the largest MEM
bership in it's history and is in a
f1ourishing condition.
Bad Year for Rutland.
Rutland had 101 cases of typhoid
fever during 1910 and six fatalities
from the malady, according to the
health, made by DR.. c. F. Ball. The
city had 507 diseases during the IL
months and the total death roll was
236. Of the more serious contagious
diseases there were 70 of scarlet
fever with two fatalities, and % of
diphtheria with two deaths. Whoop-
ing cough caused six deaths out of
LA cases, a very heavy percentage.
Suicide or Accident.
Abon j. Peet, 80 years old, a
farmer, unmarried, residing in East
~Shelburne, is dead with a bullet
wound in his head, accidentally or
purposely inflicted by himself, Feb.
IA, in a room at the home of his
father, George F. Peet. Peet, who
owned a farm in St. George, went
upstairs after breakfast to get
ready to go to st. George to audit
the town reports. The family heard
a report and something fall and
gaping wound in his head. A
Winchester rife lay nearby. No
cause for suicide is known and the
general belief is that it was an ac-
cident. Besides his father he is
survived by three sisters, Mrs. Wal
ter Palmer and the Misses Minnie
and Ada, and by a brother, George.
He was member of Friendship
Lodge, No. "a, F. e A. M, of Char
lotte, and Champlain Chapter, No.
55, o. E. S., of Charlotte. Mr.. Peet
had been a buyer of furs throughout
Vermont.
Annual Meeting Loyal Legion in
May
At the February meeting of the
Vermont Commandery Military Or
der of the Loyal Legion, held In
Burlington Tuesday, Bruce Palmer
and James Houston, officers of the
tenth cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen,
were elected members. In the alb
sence of Hugh Henry of Chester, the
commander, Gen. w. w. Henry, pre-
sided. The annual meeting of the
commandery will be held in May and
the following committee will pre-
pare nominations: Gen. w. w Hen
ry, U. A. Woodbury., V. D. Williams,
E. A. Howe and H. G. Gushing.
100000 for Barre.
That the late Major Lemuel A. Alb
bolt, who died at Aberdeen, Wash
ington, on Feb. 3 left the bulk of
his 100000 estate for the founding
of home for the aged, to be located
on the Abbott homestead in Barre
town, is the information furnished
by the Aberdeen Daily World of the
date of February 8, as follows:
His estate, it is estimated, will
amount to 100000. After a few
small requests to friends and rela-
tives, he leaves the greater portion
of the property, it is understood, to
Rev. A. M. Smith, a Universalist
minister of Brownfield, Me-, and his
second cousin, to be spent in the re-
storation and enlargement of the
| homestead of the Abbott family to
1 H. g., 4
Major Abbott amassed good por-
ton of his property in Aberdeen,
going there when the place was
small and investing in real estate
being then retired from the United
States army on half pay. His in
come was sufficient to enable him tic
spend much of his time travelling
wherever his fancy led him, and in
summer he usually turned toward
Barre, his native place. The Abbott
homestead is a farm located about
three miles out from Barre and neal
the Wells G. Lamson quarry in Web
sterville. The land was first settled
on and cleared by Major Abbott;
grandfather, Abijah Abbott, in 1898
At the present time only one-quartel
of an acre of the old farm is left il
the name of Major Abbott, and Their,
is no building on it.
About two months ago Town Clerl
w. II. Miles of the town received
communication from Major Abbot
inquiring whether any of the oil
Abbott homestead was in his 9TH,
major's) name and asking as to tn
condition of the buildings thereon
Town Clerk Miles gave the informa
ton that one-quarter of an acr
was in the Abbott name, and anothe
letter was received from Major Alb
bolt, stating that he intended t
make some improvements about tn
place. This is thought to be tn
project for the founding of a HON
for the aged, which is referred to b
the Aberdeen newspaper