St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-31
VERMONT NOTES.


William McAndrew of the Washing
ton Irving high school, New York
City. Friday evening the Women
Teachers club and the Schoolmas-
ters club will hold their annual
meetings.
Montpelier has a new industry,
the Zenith Artificial Limb company
of Hartford, Ct, which has been
induced to locate there. At pres
emit the company will employ only
a few hands.
Philip O'Brien of Fair Haven, 10
years old, was killed May 20 by
the falling of pole which he was
helping to erect on the trolley line
to Poultney. His skull was fractured
and his neck, arm and a leg broken.
Joseph Fitzgerald of Evarts, 60
years old, committed suicide on May
% by hanging. His wife and a
grown son and daughter survive
him. No reason can be assigned for
he was in good health and circum-
stances.
Judges A. A. Hall and Zed S. STAN
ton have been appointed members of
board of commissioners on proba-
ton created by the laws of 1910. Lee
S. Tillotson of st. Adams will be
y
have the same powers as police and
probation officers and the law is
planned to provide organization and
cooperation among probation Off
GERS.
Fred Martin, Swanton widower,
has been arrested charged with kid
mapping a IA year old girl and TAX
ing her to st. Armand, P. O., with
him. The girls mother learned
where they were going and after
telephoning the hotels not to rent
room to such parties followed them
up and took the girl home with her.
The little son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Trombley of Burlington died
on Wednesday as the result Of
drinking a solution of potash, which
his mother used in washing.
Rev. G. H. Smith, for Is years pas
tor of the Congregational church at
Pittsford, has been elected superin-
tendent of the Vermont Anti-Saloon
League and will begin his work Sept.
/.
Miss Ida Signor, a Middlebury
telephone operator, was attacked by
a man as she was going home from
her work on May % at about $50
O'Clock. The man struck at her but
she escaped the blow and shouted
for help. The man then tried to
seize her by the throat but police
man heard her cries and came to
the rescue. Aside from the nervous
shock the girl was unframed but
the indignation felt by the Middle
bury people was very great.
Fred Boyles of johnson has been
obliged to have one leg amputated.
A few weeks ago he scratched his
leg accidentally with pair of
scissors which were hanging behind
and he had undergone four opera
lions before it was decided to ampu-
tate.
Frak L. Greene of st. Adams has
been elected president OF the YER
mont Society, Sons of the American
Revolution, to succeed William T.
Dewey of Montpelier, deceased and
Frank L. Fish of Vergennes has been
elected vice president. The society
is to erect boulder on the site of
the battle of Persons farm in Shell
burne.
Miss Ethel Morse, 80 years old,
who died suddenly at Waterbury on
May % had spent most of her life
with the Shakers at Enfield. When
she was five her mother died and she
lived with relatives until she was II
when her father took her away and
for Is years her friends did not
know where she was. In 1908 a
friend visiting the Shaker village dis
covered her and found that she had
dropped her fathers name of Cros-
sett and taken her mothers, Morse.
The Winooski authorities have
healthy two weeks old baby on their
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| piazza of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Pratt
late in the evening Of May 22. There
have been several people SO far who
wish to adopt the baby
Stephen Moran of Burlington. 80
years old and unmarried, fell from
an embankment at the foot of Bank
street on May % and when found
was so nearly dead that he could
not be reSuScitated. 1t is thought
he was overcome by the heat and
fell over the bank and was strangled
in the fall.
The body of Joseph Logan, col
ored, was found in the Winooski rfv-
er below the bridge at Athletic
park, Winooski, May %. Logan
was about % years old. He was
/ drowned Saturday afternoon while
swimming with Stanley Beatty. It
i is thought he was seized with
cramps. He was born in Kentucky
4 and was known as Smiling Logan
A hatbox containing the body of a
female child week old was found
last week Tuesday morning in a
clump of shrubbery on the property
of Mrs. Charles Griswold of Castle
ton. 1t was evident the child was
i placed in the box while alive Mrs
II c. A. Ober of Rutland has been ar.
rested charged with causing the
death of the child which belonged
to her daughter, Mrs. Kate Dona
hue.
G. T.. Holmes, the apple grower @
Charlotte, says his orchard of 1900
trees has set large number o.
blossoms and he expects a crop O.
10000 barrels if there is no sci
back later in the season He ha,
: sprayed the entire orchard twice ant
will continue the treatment till har