St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-10-11


associated with the Newport fact
ory" This undoubtedly means much
more work for the Barton factory
and Mr.. Underwood is now looking
for more help.
The Tuberculosis Exhibit.
The tuberculosis exhibition given
under the auspices of the Vermont
state board of health, opened its
third year in Richford under the di-
rection of DIR. B. D. Adams, inspector
for the board of health. During this
tour II towns will be visited. An
innovation will be made this year.
inasmuch as the exhibition, weighing
over two tons, will be taken away
by wagon to several towns located
away from railroads. The exhibition
this year, in the main, is the same as
during the past two years. Of course.
there are new exhibits, but nothing
of note. The exhibition includes
models of sanitary and unsanitary
dwellings, photographs showing san
itary and unsanitary conditions,
model houses, tents, sleeping caps,
methods for constructing porches
for open air sleeping places, etc. In
the evening lectures are given, illus
trated with steropticon views.
Middlebury College Report.
The third annual report of Presi-
dent Thomas of Middlebury College
is a discussion of the Mission of the
New England colleges. President
Thomas maintains that the colleges
exist for the service of their COM
munities, in such respects as the
promotion of agriculture, the en-
couragement of reform in education
in rural schools as well as in cities,
and the building up of religious life
in the country churches. The treas
urer's report shows the total income
during the last fiscal year was $780,
1880, of which $19,687.61 was
received from students, gain of
3,990.87 in the last three years.
The gifts of the year amounted to
$44,718.
Appointments By Governor.
Gov. John A. Mead has made the
following appointments:
Delegates to the meeting of the
American Prison association at Oma-
ha October 14-19, +. H. Tracy of
Montpelier; w. S. Lowell of Windsor (;
]. N. Barss of Vergennes; ]. E.
Weeks of Middlebury; d. L. Morgan
and N. K Chaffee of Rutland.
Delegates to the 18th Irrigation
congress in Chicago December SO
are Gilbert J. Gross of Browning
ton; l. N. Chase of Brandon; E. 80.
BisseIl of Shoreham; w. P. Russell
of Kirby and H. B. Ward of Dan
vile.
Delegates to the lakes to the Gulf
Deeper Waterway association IN
Chicago, October IL, 13 and IA are:
Frank H. Warner of Cornwall, Ed
mund G.. Hunt of New Haven, Step
hen M Bowles of Woodford; Morris
D. Coffrin of Groton; Byron M. Bun
dy of Sutton; Hamilton S. Peck of
Burlington; Frank B. Gillett OF
Richmond, Oliver H. Cameron of
Norton; Russell S. Page of Hyde
Park; Howard E. Shaw of Stowe;
Ernest A. Corwin of Chelsea; James
F. McLane of Topsham; Edwin W.
Barron of Barton; Robert A. Get
chell of Charleston; Stoddard B.
Bates of Derby; Charles T. King of
Mount Tabor; William H. Rowland
of Poultney; Erwin S. Joslin of
Waitsfeld; Willard J. Boyce of
Waterbury; Joseph G. Martin
of Brookline; Henry S. Sher-
win of Jamaica; N. J. Howard of
Londonderry; Justus Dart of
Springfield; A A. Martin of Hart
land and G. H. Branch of Grand
Isle.
Delegates to the American Dairy
Cattle Congress, Chicago, October
26 to November 4: H. M. Farnham,
Montpelier; A. w. Allen and John G.
Morrison, Barre; Frank Talcott,
Williston; E. c. Fay; Jericho; J. F.
Hobart, Westford; A. A. Dunkler,
Vernon; W. R. C. Watson and c..
M. Winslow, Brandon; A. J. Croft,
Enosburg and W. w. Holden, North
field.
Deer Damage Cases Heard.
The Supreme Court last week
heard two Windham county cases of
State VS.. George Carruth for killing
deer and State VS.. Herbert L. Street
er for the same charge, C. G. Fits
representing defendants and States
Attorney F. E. Barber, the state.
Deer were shot in Halifax. Two men
serving the owner of the property
where they were shot were prosecut-
ed. The owner was acquitted, but
in order to raise the question of
property the demurrer was filed. The
case itself is small but it is import
ant as tremendous damage is done
by deer in southern Vermont, and
Mr.. Fits placed his. query as to
whether a man killing deer in de-
Tense of his property must defend
himself in court, or whether the
state should not satisfy itself rea-
sonably that there is cause for &C
ton against the man and he would
put the burden of such investigation
on the state. If man has to clear
himself at law when he shoots for
deer in defense of property rights, he
is not going to take the risk as the
usual thing and will allow the pest
to override him. States Attorney
Barber argued that it was not nee
essary to mention the fact as to
whether or not the deer was dam
aging crops when shot. He held
that this was a matter peculiarly
within the knowledge of the defend
ant alone. He should have defended
on the point as it was exclusively
within his knowledge. Mr.. Barber