St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-02-28
VERMONT news


Montpelier on Thursday was attend
ed by over 100 members. They de-
clared themselves in favor of legis-
lation favorable to the report of the
national monetary commission now
before Congress. A. J. Sibley, vice
president of the Capital Savings
bank gave the address of welcome
and Henry T. Field of Rutland re-
sponded. Congressman George w.
Prince of Illinois, a member of the
national monetary commission,
spoke of the work of the commits
sion. These officers were elected:
President, A. G. Eaton, Montpelier;
vice president, c. P. Smith, Burling-
ton; secretary, C. S. Webster, Bar
ton; treasurer, D. L, Wells, Orwell;
executive council, w. w. Russell,
White River Junction, H. M. Nc
Farland, Hyde Park, l.. F. Abbott,
Bennington A banquet was served
in the evening at the Pavilion. j. A.
.DeBoer was POSTMASTER and the
principal speaker was Hon. George
E. Allen, educational director of the
American Institute of Banking
whose subject was Organized Edu-
cation"
Bank Deposits Show Increase.
State Bank Commissioner F. c..
Williams of Newport presents some
interesting figures in an abstract of
reports of conditions of state mutual
savings banks and savings banks and
trust companies at the closesof bus
mess Dec. 80, 1911 and a COMPARE
son with the report of June 80 of
that year. The aggregate resources
of the SO mutual savings banks and
savings banks and trust companies
are as follows:
Mortgages on Vermont Real es-
tate, Dec. 80, $17, 126, 984.58; June
80, S16,477,11S.S7; increase $685.
Mortgages on real estate else
where, December $3,570.55; June,
S33,726.57; June, $13,258,O5S.8S;
increase S285, 667.69.
Loans on personal security, Dec
ember, $7.722,326.6S; June, ST.
321,S53.16; increase, $4O0,473.52.
Loans on collateral security, Dec.
ember, $3,O2O,563.54; June, So
900 ,467.56; decrease, $69,904.O2.
Loans to towns, villages and
cities December, S831,28O.91; June,
81, 415,1S2.51 decrease, $583,9O1,-
so.
United States municipal and rail
road bonds, December, $13, 81;
June, $13,543,726.57; June, $13,-
increase $2S5,667.69.
Real estate, including bank build
ings, December, $5S7, 364.19; June,
81, 613,7OO; increase, $61,30O.
Miscellaneous assets, December,
688.18; June, $789,029.04;
increase. S253.658,8O.
Cash an hand and in banks Dec
ember, $4,646, 59O.16; June, S4,-
increase, 1912, 44S.47.
Total resources, December, 1911,
$50, 522, O9536; June, 1911, $780,
1872, 529.74; net increase, $2,729,-
VERMONT NOTES.
Russell w. Taft, only son of the
ate Judge R. S. Taft, died at Bur
ington, Feb. 81, from pneumonia.
He was 33 years old and a graduate
If the University of Vermont. He
vas clerk of the city court and had
lone some very creditable literary
work.
The Vermont State Teachers as
ISOLATION will meet in Rutland, Oct.
"a, rs and 26. The plans for the
meetings include trips to the marble
Iuarries, the slate quarries In
and Fair Haven, and
fountain climbing trip to the top
# Mt. Killington.
Mrs. Betsy Gleason and Mrs.
Phoebe Thompson, twin sisters, eel
brated their S7th birthday at
Feb. 10. Mrs. Thomp-
on has four children, 10 grand
and II great-grandchildren /
nd Mrs. Gleason has five children,
even grandchildren and three great
The remains of Mrs. Lucy D.
'isk, widow of James Fisk, Jr., who '
-as shot more than 40 years ago !
Y Edward Stokes in New York as :
le climax of rivalry over the ia T
lous beauty Josie" Mansfield, were {
rought to Brattleboro recently for ,
lterment. Mr.. Fisk made the
)undation of his fortune while Z
artner to Jay Gould but while. +
Ould left something over. S75,- 7
10000 Fisk's widow died almost /
enniless. 7
as arranged with the Troy Scale t
I
ington. They have leased a build r
g and will probably begin work i
lis month. Bennington had to buy g
10000 worth of stock to get them O
come. J.
John Beacco of Mortified, 50 c
ears old, died at Montpelier, Feb. 10
internal hemOrrhage following a c
lnshot wound in the abdomen. He t
ad been hunting and was cleaning Il
IS rife when it was discharged t
i'd the bullet penetrated the alb C
omen. He leaves wife and three r
lildTen in Italy. c
John Workman of Belmont tells t
big story Of the load of potatoes il
hich he drew into Rutland on j
vo-horse sled last week. The load z
eighed four tons and a quarter, a
Id he sold 116 bushels at $1.10 t
n bushel. Farmers around Rut-
nd have been offered S1.00 a bush t
Tin the cellar"
The annual conference of the /.
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