St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
VERMONT NEWS
Boys Conference mt Springfield.


Green Mountain boys will be held
at Springfield January 1921. Last
year there were 166 in attendance,
and the coming conference will un-
doubtedly bring together a large
number of boys and men. The con-
ference will open with supper on
Friday evening, and Saturday will
be given to addresses and discus
sions and Sunday to church services
and evangelistic meeting.
Churches, Sunday schools, church
clubs, Young Mems Christian asso-
Citations, high schools, preparatory
schools, Boy Scouts of America, and
other similar organizations are cor
daily invited to send delegates from
their membership. Boy delegates
should be older Christian boys, not
under IA years of age, preferably
from 1 5 to 10. Care should be TAX
en- to select those boys who are the
natural leaders among their fellows
and who will enter into the spirit
of gathering of this kind, as the
conference is held for the advance
ment of the Kingdom of God among
the older boys of Vermont. Each
delegation should be in charge of an
adult leader.
An interesting and inspiring pro-
gram is being arranged, and among
the speakers will be George J. Fish
er, M. D., of New York City, inter
national secretary of physical train
ing of the Young Mems Christian
association; David R. Porter of
New York, international secretary
of preparatory and high school boys
of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation; G.. w. Hinckley of Hinck-
ley, Me-, founder and supervisor of
Good Will Farms of boys; Lewis w.
Dunn of Concord, N. H, State boys
and students secretary of the Young
Mems Christian associations of New
Hampshire; H. E. Shaffer of New
York, field secretary of the Boy
Scouts of America; Arthur B. King,
captain of Middlebury College foot
ball team, and others to be announc-
ed later.
Winter Courses in Farming.
The 18th annual winter courses
will be offered at the College of
Agriculture of the University of YER
mont, Burlington, this year, begin
ming Tuesday, Dec. &c. They will
be four in number, viz: (1) 4
weeks in creamery and dairy man
agement, Dec. 26-Jan. 20; CD 5
weeks in dairying and general agri-
culture, Jan. 22-Feb. "A; CD 2
weeks course for women in home
economics, Jan. 29-Feb. TO-; (4) |
farmers Week"-Jan. 1924.
Students may take any one, two,
or all of these courses. Morrill, Hall,
where the work is done, is we'll |
equipped with special appliances for
teaching short course students. Nine
instructors are employed, several |
specially for short course work. In
struction is carried out by means of |
lectures, textbooks, practical work |
in the laboratory and in the cream
cry and in other ways.
Any Vermonter Is years old, or
older, of either sex, may be admit
ed, and without examination. The
fees are SIS a course for courses Cd |
and ca; $3.50 for course CD; |
Farmers Week" is free to all;
books, suits, etc., cost about So
more.
Graduates find places in charge of
farms, herds, COW test associations,
in creameries, ice cream factories,
and the like; in particular there is
a considerable demand, not fully
met, for men to take charge of cow
test associations.
For further information, and for
descriptive circular, address the
Dean of the College of Agriculture, |
University of Vermont, Burlington.
John Parker of Fair Haven was
instantly killed Dec. 16 when he
was hurled 80 feet from the tracks
of the Delaware and Hudson rail
road. He was on his way home and
was carrying quantity of pro-
visions in a bag on his back 1t
was the scattering packages that
Cd OF n accident
body was badly mangled and was
found at the foot of a telegraph pole
against which it had evidently been
thrown. He was 81 years old and
is survived by wife and nine
children.
A Close Call.
Howard Morey and his sister, Miss
Ethel Morey of North Fairfield, had
a narrow escape Wednesday even
ing, when a horse which they were
driving became frightened while
standing in front of the postof1ce
waiting for a freight train on the
crossing and backed over an en-
bankment about 1 5 feet high into
the water. The occupants of the
wagon did not have time to jump.
When rescued, Miss Morey was
standing in the carriage, with the
water nearly up to her shoulder,
and was nearly exhausted. The horse
turned a complete somersault as it
went down the bank, and it was
hauled out of the water by means of
ropes. The water was about eight
feet deep where the team went in.
Walter johnson of Bakersfield,
while skating on Woodward's pond
Dec 20, fell, suffering conclusion
of the brain, from which he died
in a few hours. There were several
people on the pond at the time of
the accident Mr.. Johnson was So
years of age and is survived by his
wife and several children.
Burglars Caught.