St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-11
VERMONT NEWS
.irlee Suners Heavy Hire Loss
from Smokers Pipe

irlee Suners Heavy lire Loss
from smokers Pipe
FIard's opera house, the Congre-
MAlonal church anu the town I'D
", situated IN lue center or FAR
M were burned hat TO the grouno
q total loss OF about $40, OOO
thursday night. The ire is general
attributed to the forgetfuiness o.
felessness of G.. G. Stebbins, aged
years, q harnessmaKer wht
axes his home in one of the rooms
Mn the moor below the opera house
M q adjoining a livery stable, AM
BIO il is stated went 10 bed with h1k
pc lighted and in his mouth. The
was discovered by members o.
e grange who had been holding q
eeung In the church. At that time
N q blaze was racing tiercely through
"A & opera house structure. The bel
the church was started ringing
la word was hurriedly sent t.
radford, Thetford, Lyme, Souti
Airlee and to Oxford, N. HI. Befor,
Ne hre was completely under con
oil over 100 men were lighting il
Duse set fire to the drug store of l.
.
brary and the Congregational
lurch, but all were saved with the
lcepUlon Of the church and library.
be books and oLner contents were
moved from the library and the
v lrnishings from the church before
NE buildings fell a complete prey &c
He flames. The buildings were
lRry dry, on account of the long
OF n ot
Harted about II o'clock was MOI
nder control for about two hours.
he opera house was valued at about
bIary at about $1,000. The church
nd Congregational societies.
Rev. Sedgwick w. Bidwell OF
Iiddlebury celebrated his 103rd
birthday on. Friday and is undoubJ-
bly, the oldest living Methods,
hinister. For nearly 80 years he
as been q minister of the gospel
hd retains his faculties marvellous
4. His memory goes back three
enerauons and he can remember
Acidents of the battle of Platts-
hrg. He was born in Starkboro
nd all his % charges have been in
fermont and New York. Five years
lgo he was asked to preach at Eas,
diddlebury and did so with great
igor. He has officiated at more than
100 funerals and about 500 we'd
lings.
me Baptists of ermont viii,
rect a monument near North Ben
lington to mark the site of the
Baptist church in the state.
The boarding house of the Wood
Jury Granite Co., was entirely des-
toyed by fire December 8. The fire
las caused by overheated stoves in
he smoking room. The 20 boarders
lad gone to the quarry about an
Eighth of mile away.
Bakers representing 25 bakeries
IN the state met at the Montpelier
house last week and formed the
Vermont Master Bakers association,
my baker in vermont being eligible.
officers. We're chosen as follows:
President, George G. West, Vermont
Baking company, White River
Junction; vice president, A. r.
White, B. L. Kent Bakery company;
Burlington; treasurer, f. d. Laid,
Barre; secretary, L. M. Scott, f. A.
Scott company. Ct Johnsbury; exc
,utive committee, E. M. Jordan,
aardwick bakery, J. r. Whitlock,
and Henry Holmes, St
Adams. The purpose of the associa-
ion is to improve and develop meth
DDS Of manufacture, encourage SAN
tation in bakeries and to promote
and good fellowship
among the members. The first an
lual convention of the new associa-
ton Is to take place in Montpelier
the third Tuesday in January.