St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-28
PEACHAM.
Tank of Hydrogen Exploded at
Academy-One Student Badly
Hurt

A bad accident happened a
| Peacham academy Wednesday abou
noon. Several of the students wen
to the labratory ION mischief bent
and as a result the tank of hydrogen
was exploded. The explosion shoOl
the building and Sidney Farrow, the
% year old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Farrow, who was very neal
the tank had his face terribly cut
His hand was also hurt badly. The
lad was taken to A. J. Mackay's Of
fee and his face dressed. About &c
stitches we're taken. The lite fell
low bore it bravely without the use
of any anesthetic. He is doing very
nicely at present. A good many
panes of glass were cracked in the
Ilabratory.
Mrs Harriet Powers is quite
sick with pneumonia at the home of
her son, Frank Powers.
Mr.. and Mrs, Robert Esden who
have been spending some time with
Mrs. w. A. Kicker at st. Johnsbury
have gone to Meriden, Conn, to Wis
4 it Mrs. J. r. Williams, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Peak spent
Saturday and Sunday at st. Johns
/ bury with Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Foam.
Arson Mcdonald who has been
spending the past four weeks at
George Chamberlain's at West Dan
vile has returned to his home for
good
Roy Coursen went Monday to
Burlington where he has a position
in a printing Office.
The Church Aid will serve dinner
at the church vestry on town meet
ing day.
Mrs. Frank Chandler and Miss
Gem Chandler have returned from
their visit at Johnson.
Miss Louise Hardy from Massa-
chusetts is spending some time with
her aunt, Miss Elizabeth Parker.
Miss Maude Foltz of Winchester,
Mass, is visiting at the Misses
Bickford's.
Miss Gertrude Way of St.
Johnsbury visited at Alonzo Hal
crows Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. George Douse is spending
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Douse.
Milton Farrow and Mrs. Lydia
Harvey were married at Groton
Wednesday. They came to their
new home in the McLary house Fri
day
MISS blanCQ6 1C6ulr0W - uOuAS
from her school at Barton.
Hosea Blair from Clifton, P. O.,
is visiting his brother, Herbert
Blair.
Mrs. William Page of Danville
who has been caring for Mrs. Sa-
rah Donahue went home Friday.
Willie Mclaughlin of Laconia was
in town a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. .Milligan of
Walden visited at Ernest Milligan's
recently.
owen Somers who has been Wis
iting at Newbury has gone to Boston
and Whitinsville, Mass. He intends
soon to go back to Calgary. He
will be accompanied by his son-in-
law, Milo Kinney and brother, Lee
land Kinney.
School at the Academy closed last
week. 1t will reopen March 5.
Mrs. Jesse Smith of Lyndonville
is at Frank Powers for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Butson were
at Wells River and Lisbon several
days last week.
Miss Margaret Chapman was home
from Passumpsic the last of the
week.
Mrs. Mark Adams was called to
ST. Johnsbury Thursday by the seri-
Gus illness of her son, Charles, of
pneumonia.
Miss Frances Schnaning pleasant
ly entertained her Sunday school
class Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pollard were
at Ryegate Saturday and Sunday.
Death of Mrs. Donahue.
Died at East Peacham Tuesday, |
Feb. 20, after an illness of a few
week, Mrs. Sarah Donahue, aged 81
years, eight months, IL days. Sarah I
was the daughter of /
Guy Chamberlain and Sarah Clark .
and was born at
June 8, 1929. She had
always lived in town with the eX-
,eption of five years in Massachu-
setts and four years in Canada. In
May, 1862, she was married to .
Michael Donahue. He died Jan. 8,
1892. She has one sister living,
Mrs. Harriet George of Bradford,
who is an old lady and quite feeble, H
4 niece, Mrs. Laura Bell Mcfarland f.
lied at St. Johnsbury about year
lgO. A nephew, Ernest Mcfarland,
was in California the last she ever
heard from him. Mrs. DOnahue has
ived alone in her little home until
Ter recent sickness. She was al
most if not totally blind but the
lefghbors at East PeaCham have
been very kind and have rocked af-
er her welfare the same as they
would their own. She was a woman
-ery much respected, was a mem
,er of the Congregational church,
where she attended as long as she
vas able. She was very fond Of
lowers and for years made a bust
less Of raising plants and flowers to
ell The funeral was held at her
ZONE Thursday at two p. m, Rev.
.Ir. Carlson preached and there was
inging by the mixed quartette. G.
\ Bunker was manager and the
bearers We're Ed. Somers, George
Clarke, Moses Martin and Herbert
Blair. There were beautiful carna-
ions from the East Peacham Y. I.
y, and from the Congregational