St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-03-01

GERS were elected: President, Ex.-
Governor T. D. Proctor of Proctor;
vice presidents, A. M. Fletcher of
Cavendish, and C. H. Downer of
Sharon The executive committee is
made up of G. Fl. Greene of White
River Junction, ]. A. DeBoer of
Montpelier, w. J. Van Patten of Bur-
hngton, c. G. Fits of Brattleboro
and State Forester A. f. HAYES of
Burlington. In the evening Prof
Tourney of the Yale school of fores-
try gave an interesting lecture on
Forestry Progress and Methods"
At the afternoon session M. J. Hap
good of Peru made a long speech
on what the government should do
in the way of conserving the forests
of the state. He advocated the con-
fiscation of all private forests which
will be recklessly cut and wasted if
left in private lands, he said.
Drinking Fountain for Barre.
A large handsome drinking foun-
tain for horses and dogs, cut out of
Barre granite, is to be set up in the
Barre city square this coming sum-
mer, the fountain being the gift to
the city from the National Humane al
lance of New York, of which society
Lewis M. Seaver of Williamstown is
secretary and treasurer. The an
nouncement of this gift was made at
the meeting of the city council Feb.
Fl in a communication from Mr..
Seaver.
A Suicide ON Honeymoon.
According to a Los Angeles, Cal,
dispatch, Robert Simpson, of Bur-
lington after writing a brief note to
a friend, asking him to care for his
bride of few weeks, drank a big
dose of carbolic acid, and was dead
when found in his room at the Cad
alac hotel in that city.
Bankers at Brandon.
The third annual meeting of the
Vermont Bankers association was
held at Brandon Wednesday with an
attendance of 100, the largest since
the association was organized. The
principal address was given by F.
B. Sears, vice president of the Shaw
NUT National bank of Boston. A
banquet was held at the Brandon
Inn in the evening. The officers
elected are as follows: President, F.
H. harrington of Brandon; vice
president, A. G. Eaton of Montpel-
Ter; secretary, F. r. Dickerman of
Bristol; treasurer, David L. Wells
of Orwell; executive council, H. F.
Field of Rutland, William S. Boyn-
ton of St. Johnsbury, c.. S. Web
ster of Barton, and N. w. Barney of
Swanton.
1888 Catholics i'm Vermont.
Advance sheets of the Official
Catholic Directory give the follow
ing statistics regarding the Burling-
ton diocese (Which is conterminous
with Vermont) population (Catho-
lic) about 1888; bishops,
one; clergy 10Y; churches, ~;
missions with churches, 20; total
churches, 8; seminaries, one; col
leges for boys, four; academies for
girls, six; parishes with schools, 20;
children attending, 6129; orphan
asylums, one; orphans, 2O8; homes
for aged, one; total children in
Catholic institutions, 6161.
Another Gift For MiddIebury.
At the Washington's birthday ban
quet at Middlebury College Wednes-
day evening, President J. M. Thomas
announced that Joseph Battell had
decided to the college about 500 acres
OF forest land, in order to make pos
sible beginning of the school of
forestry which it is his intention
eventually to establish. The land is
about four miles east of Middlebury
i on the first slope of the mountain.
Good Year for Maple Sugar.
The G. H. Grimm Manufacturing
Co., of Rutland this year has filled
| more orders for evaporators, non
rust buckets, and sap spouts than
ever before. Mr.. Grimm says that.
owing to the Indifferent sugar sea-
son of last year, the present rush
was not anticipated, and that he is
contemplating the erection of a new
| fire proof building. Sixty-f1ve men
are employed at the plant, but the
demand for sugar making utensils is
so great that twice the present out
put could be disposed of. That there
is every indication of record maple
sugar season this year is the opinion
of Mr.. Grimm
Man Who Disappeared Returns
Home.
George Gardner, who disappeared
from Springfield Feb. IL, has re-
turned home. He had a few days
work on lumber job
Randolph School of Agriculture.
A meeting of the trustees of the
newly created school of agriculture
was held Feb. FL in Burlington, to
| discuss ways and means of carrying
into effect the provisions of the act
passed by the legislature which
created the school and which ap-
propriated 100000 for starting and
maintaining it. The board of trus-
tees consists of the governor and
State Commissioner of Agriculture
o. l.. Martin, ex officio, and H. l..
Hatch of STAFFORD, T. G. Bronson of
Hardwick and George T. Chaffee of
Rutland. Plans of proposed build
ings were viewed and various mat
tiers connected with the establish
ment of the proposed school talked
over. 1t is provided by the act
creating the school, that it is to be
built at Randolph, $4,000 being set
apart to purchase land, erect build
in0S and an11iro IT,