St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-09-18
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4 Irving L. Rich of Boston, a lawyer
!. succeeds Rev. E. G. Bass as field sec
4 rotary of the University of Vermont
, He is an alumnus, having been grad
: uated in 1904.
Harry B. Miller, the Rutland fire
man who died from the effects of the
railroad accident on Sept. 8, was the
. fourth of his family to meet a violent
death. His father, John Miller, was
/ killed % years ago, just before Har-
ry was born, by falling from a scat
/ fold in a mill at Brandon. Three
J years later the oldest son in the fam
, lily was drowned when fishing from a
boat on Lake Dunmore and five
years ago a sister, who had been
married only a few days, was burned
Ito death while cooking breakfast on
an oil stove.
Fire at Craftsbury, Sept 10, des-
troyed the store of Clyde King and a
two story house belonging to Ernest
dill.
A daring robbery was perpetrated
lat Graniteville on Sept. when FIR.
lTurcot, pastor of st. Sylvester
church had a satchel containing $40
-
| church fair had closed that evening
and after everyone had left the
church FIR. Turcot went to the base
ment to see that everything was all
right. While he was gone the theft
occurred.
Charles McCarty of Castleton. 30
years old, fell between two trolley
cars near West Rutland on Sept 8
and was fatally injured. He was
riding on a fat car and fell between
that and a passenger car. He is sur
vived by his wife, two children, his
parents, two brothers and three sis
tiers.
Winooski had another murder on
lSeptember 9 when Margaret Carter,
lcolored, shot Pearl Hooper, another
colored girl. The affair took place
in dance hall between the Fort and
Winooski. 1t is said that both girls
were enamored of the same man.
The % months old daughter of
Louis Revoir of Fairfield was drown
ed while at play Sept. 6 by falling in
to a rain barrel. The mother had
locked the child in the house but one
of the other children unlocked the
door.
4 The 40th annual meeting of the
First Vermont cavalry will be held in
burlington. Oct. 16. After the bus
iness meeting the society will go to
Fort Ethan Allen to visit the 10th
10. S. Cavalry.
Arthur Putvah of Fairfax was
found dead in his home on the even
ling of Sept. 9. The hired man was
unable to arouse anyone so broke
in a window and found Putvah on a.
lounge holding a rosary. His wife
is dead and his children are in the
lorphans' home at st. Adams. He had
evidently made preparations to COM
NIT the act.
The Loyal Club of White River
Junction has received from Mrs.
George F. Edmunds check for $500
to aid in the work of the club which
is three-fold; to assist the Grand
Army veterans on Memorial Day; to
maintain and control Gates Memorial
| library, and to act as village i'm
provement society. Mrs. Edmunds is
la great-granddaught of Joseph
Marsh of Hartford, who was YER
mont's first acknowledgements. Her
father was Wyllis Lyman, and her
husband was senator from Vermont,
now living in Pasadena.
In list of medical colleges of this
country which are ranked as in
"Class A." in a recent issue of The
Journal of the American Medical As
sociation, the University of Vermont, |
college of Medicine, is named. The |
presence of the name of a college on |
this list is a proof of the high stand |
ing of the institution, it's good char |
acter, and the value of the instruction /
given.
The state agricultural school at
Randolph opened September 3, with /
go students enrolled, and a prospect
of the number being increased to
more than 100.
The administrator of the Chase es-
tate has made propositions to the
town of Springfield to erect memo
rial fountain in the main street H
square to cost $25, 1000, provided the
town will accept the same, and a
special meeting will be called for the
purpose of accepting the gift.
The Vermont Poultry association
will hold it's annual meeting in
Montpelier from December 81 to
Jan. 4.
The Vermont Bible Society will
celebrate its centenary in October in
Trinity church, Montpelier. 1t was
organized at a joint meeting of the
general convention of Congregational
and Presbyterian ministers held at
Westminster in 1912. The governor
appointed SO laymen and the society
was organized that fall. James and :
Robert Whitelaw of Ryegate donat-
ed 20 maps of Vermont and we're
admitted to membership. The first
purchase was 400 Bibles and 100
testaments. II
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