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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
DE-. and Mis-. Grint Received.

DR.. and Mrs. A. P. Grint gave a
reception New Years Day to the
people of st. Andrews and their
friends. DR.. and Mrs. Grint and
their two daughters, Misses Virginia
and Mary received. Mrs. Elisha
May and Mrs. w. H. Sargent poured
in the afternoon and Mrs. D. d.
Patterson assisted in the evening.
Music by the Victor was enjoyed.
Coffee, cocoa and cake were served
in the dining room, Miss Virginia
Grint assisting there.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
Oficers of Baptist Church.

At the annual meeting of the
Baptist church the following officers
were elected: Clerk, Mrs. j. Il.
Curtis; assistant clerk, Mrs. Althea
Thayer; treasurer, John N. Farm
ham; pew warden, William Wilson I;
prudential committee, Mrs. j. e.
Curtis, Warren Noyes and Mrs. Al
thea Thayer; trustees, Rev. E. =.
Philips, Mrs. A. Curtis and Mrs.
Lizzie Farnham. The Sunday school
elected Mrs. ]. r Franklin superin-
,tendent; Miss Elma Phillips secre-
tary and Mrs. Charles Thayer, treas
urer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
RESIGNS HIS PAsTORATE
Minister Declares He Can't Go With
out Food and Clothing

Brockton, Mass, Jan. Rev.
Clarence H. Wheeler, pastor of the
Warren Avenue Baptist church, an
nounced his resignation from the pull
pit yesterday. He said the combina-
ton of the increased cost of living
and the failure of his congregation to
pay his salary was too much for him.
There is not enough money left in
the church," the clergyman said Il
can't work without money. Even a
minister of the gospel has to eat and
wear clothes"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
GROToN.
Oficers Elected BY The Grange
Personal News.

At the annual meeting of Groton
Grange the following officers were
elected: III. M. Kicker, master;
David Hall, overseer; Ira Blanchard,
lecturer; Isaac Kicker, steward; Will
liam Smith, assistant steward; H. N.
Welch, chaplain; l. N. Hall, treasur-
err; Maud A.. Purcell, secretary; G..
f. Robinson, gate keeper; Fannie M.
Kicker, Ceres; Matte Hall, Pomona;
Margaret Welch, Flora; Elizabeth
Scott, lady assistant steward. The
next meeting will be held Jan. 9th.
The village schools opened Tuesday
after two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. H. McCrillis of
West Topsham has been spending a
few days in the home of H. G. Glow
er.
The funeral of Charles Annis of
Prescott, AriZ., a former resident of
this town, whose death was reported
last week, was held at the Methodist
church Saturday at eleven o'clock,
Rev. r. I. Ilman officiating. The re-
mains were accompanied home by his
friend, Andrew Willis, who had been
with him few weeks.
Mrs. Helen Welch spent Sunday
with friends at Hardwick.
Miss Jennie Taylor who spent her
Christmas vacation with her mother,
Mrs. Meribah Taylor, has returned to
Richmond.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist
church will meet with Mrs. A. II.
Teller Wednesday afternoon.
A party of the friends and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Darling,
met at their pleasant home Satur-
day evening to remind them that 20
years had passed since their wedding
day. A pleasant evening was enjoy
ed by those present.
Mrs. Christia Welch returned
home Monday from a few days visit
with friends at Hardwick.
The annual business meeting of
the Baptist church will be held
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reid and
son of Montpelier are visiting Mrs.
Reid's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Clark.
Miss Fannie French and Leon
Moulton were married Sunday after
noon, at the home of the brides par
ents by Rev. 5 H. Myers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
ExEourToN ON Friday.
Gov. Mead Refuses To Interfere i'm
Behalf of Elr0y Kent The MUIR


Gov John A. Mead Monday refus-
ed to make any intercessiOn to save
murderer Elroy Kent, who is SEN
fenced to be hanged at the state
PRISON at Windsor on Jan. 5, when
superintendent Lowell of the prison
interviewed him in Kent's behalf.
superintendent Lowell made the ap-
plication on the ground that Kent
should not be hanged because he
is insane, as representative of the
views of a great many persons in
the state who have been interest
ed in saving Kent from the galloWs.
Governor Mead refused to take
any action in the matter because no
new evidence bearing on the affair
entered into the application.
History of the Case.
Kent killed Miss Della B. Cong
don of East Wallingford, a deaf
mute, July "a, 1908, the murder be-
ing most atrocious one. He was
suspected almost Immediately but
was not arrested until the following
October, being caught in Massachu-
sets. Subsequent to his trial and
conviction of murder in the first de-
gree at the March 1909 term of
Rutland county court Kent was sent
to Waterbury asylum for observa-
ton as to his sanity. His case went
to the Vermont supreme court and
the general assembly of the state
but these bodies did not change
Judge e. l.. WATERWAYS sentence
that he be hanged.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03

James d. White died on Saturday
afternoon at the home of his son,
Alphonse White, with whom he had
resided for many years. He had been
unable to work for the last IL years
and for five weeks had been in bed
suffering from the infirmities of old
age and on Friday became alarming
ly worse. He was the Oldest men,
Der of Chamberlin Post, g. A. R.,
and was always interested in the do
ings of that order. On last Memorial
Day he was very happy that he was
able to ride in an automobile in the
procession. He had lived in St.
Johnsbury since he was Is years old
and had many friends here among
old and young. He was born in
Orange, Sept. %, 1928 and lived
there until he came to St. Johnsbury
to work for Bella Hastings. For
more than 80 years in all he was
employed by Mr.. Hastings in the
lumber and cattle business. He also
worked for some years for Ephraim
Stone building wooden bridges,
among them the ones at st. Johns
bury Center, East st. Johnsbury,
Goss Hollow, the old bridge in Sum-
merville and the one at Paddock Vii
lage. While working on the bridge
at Goss Hollow he broke three ribs
which ended his work as a bridge
builder. He was a farmer for some
time. The last work he did was
for a.. L. Bragg driving team for
him. On July 8, 1856 he was mar
ried at Mr.. Hastings home to Miss
Clarissa d. Bowman of Lyme, N. HI.
They had nine children of whom
txrfva Tvc ~
Hastings W., and Alphonso of St.
Johnsbury, Henry of Corinth aud
Mrs. John Tillotson of Laeonia. Mrs.
White died in 1878. Mr.. White also
leaves an aged sister, Mrs. Harriet
Eastman of Topsham, SO years old,
who is spending the winter in DAN
vile. They were lineal descendants
of Solomon White who came to Ply
mouth, Mass, in 1920. their great
grandfather lived to be 100 years
old and their great-grandmother to
be 90. MI White enlisted in Com
pany X, 3rd Vermont regiment and
served nine months during the Civil
War. The funeral was yesterday at
12 o'clock from his sons residence,
Rev. B. F. Butler officiating, and in
terment was in grove cemetery at
st. Johnsbury East
Those from out of town to attend
the funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tillotson from Laconia, N. H.; Hem
ny White of Corinth; Mr.. and Mrs.
Lucas Reniick of WATERFORD; Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Colby from Danville,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Gallagher
from st. Johnsbury Center.
Downing.
Frederick P. Downing died Sun
day, Dec. 81, at the home of Foster
Stevens after a long illness. Mr..
Downing was born in Marshfield in
1927. He came to st. Johnsbury
when he was IA years old and has
lived here since with the exception
of a few years when he was in Min
nesota, and was IN business for him
self dealing in farm implements. He
was employed in the Fairbanks scale
shop and what was called the Mil
ler-Ryan Carriage factory. His wife,
Nancy Jenkins, died five years ago
and his sister, Calista Downing, a |
missionary, in China, died in June.
He is survived by several nieces and
nephews all of whom live in the
west. The funeral was held yester-
day, and the interment was at Mt. |
Pleasant cemetery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03

Mrs. Phoebe Quimby is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Davis.
Mrs. Mark Hunter and daughter,
Hazel. from Lyndon Centre, spent
New Years Day with J. W. Nick
erson's family.
w. F. Weber has bought the
house of Mrs. e. III. Mitchem where
ne has been living for the past
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Crane from
McIndoes visited at w. p. RusseII's
the first of the week.
The children at FSaak Leach's
have recovered from the scarlet few
er and there are no other cases.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
PuttIna 4 up y the Men.

Il is practically settled that large
proportion of the fires that destroy
property and endanger human life are
started by careless smokers. Now, If
smoking were distinctly feminine
habit there would be something doingl
From "As She Sees It" In the Low
ell Courier Citizen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03

Washington, Jan. 1.-Reports from
the state prison at San Luis Potosi,
Mex, to the effect that about 400
prisoners escaped. have been con-
nrmed, but the number has been
raised to between 500 and 700.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
EAST ST. JOHNsBURY.

Roy Potter and Miss Merrifield of
Barnet were recent visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Potter.
Harry Morton of Concord has NOV
ed into Oscar Wallace's house.
The C. e. societies will give a
conundrum supper at the church
vestry Thursday evening.
Miss Freda Russell is confined to
her home by the chicken pox.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
FIRST IN THE FIELD

Haines Announces His Candidacy For
Governor of Maine
Bangor, Me-, Jan. William T.
Haines of WatervflIe, in letters to
prominent Republicans in this section
makes formal announcement that he
will be candidate for governor OF
Maine on the Republican ticket at the
primaries to be held in June.
Haines was candidate at the last
state convention but at the last mo-
ment withdrew in favor Of Bert M.
Fernald, who was defeated for re-
election by Governor Plaisted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03

obbs-Borrowell is the sort Of fell
low who Is always looking for trouble.
EIobbs-Oh. don't know. He IL all
ways anxious TO dodge creditor
Philadelphia Record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03

81 hear you won a fifty dollar prize"
81 did And I have already loaned
out s165, invested 5000 in schemes and
alienated 5000 worth Of other
friends. Pittsburg Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03
NORTH DANVTLE.

A. e. White of Montpelier, state
council secretary of Junior o. u. A.
NJ, is spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. z. M. Massey.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-03

Mention The CaIed0nfan Ads when
you patronize am advertiser. He VIII
use yOu the better for it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

ing by operating It and by constructing
the mechanisms through which II Is utll-
lied. railways are driven by it: towns
lighted by il; its uses become more numer-
Gus each year because a man dreamed,
knew how TO make his dream reality and
had the courage to withstand the heaviest
odds. George Westinghouse is one of the
big assets of modern civilization.
In Pittsburgh. there are manufactures
which he built. and which. If placed end TO
end. would cover two miles or more in
length. Many thousands of workmen are
employed in them. contributing to the sup
port of many thousand families. Not less
than a hundred millions worth OF product
must 90 forth from these workshops in a
year. Probably more than that. Air brakes,
signals and switches, gas en-
cinos steam engines and turbines. automo-
bile engines gas producers. condensers,
electrical machinery and devices OF every
description are comprised in the product Of
these several companies. The initiative of
this man brought them all forth-the inven-
tons. the capital. the organization. the big
ideas which underle them What all this
means to Pittsburgh and adjacent towns
has never been described adequately. and
perhaps even by Pittsburgh Itself never
adequately appreciated. .-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
George Westinghouse
Gets Edison Medal

at the hands Of the institute which oficially
represents the electrical profession of his
country were not deeply touched and did
not feel some thrill of manly pride He did
feel this; he was touched deeply, and so
with modesty expressed himself The hun
dreds Of men present received him with en-
thusiasm. and at the end renewed their
hearty cheers. They knew what il all
meant, what lay behind the triumph; they
understood what the work of this ploreer
had done for their calling and for the world.
After twenty years OF achievement
in their own field this tireless leader who
had already conquered in other fields. was
subjected to what he is most ready to fee
from-volleys of praise.
One OF the leading newspapers of Eng
land. The Manchester Guardian" said on
the 18th Of last March
1T will come as a surprise to most EN-
Gineers TO learn that the electric trans
former for alternating currents is only about
thirty years old. Attention is drawn to this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

Borrowing a mechanical term, how shall
YOU estimate the horsepower Of this man?
But his energy Is not the only attribute by
whic' he constantly amazes those who
constantly SEQ him in action. II Is great
thing to have thought out and worked into
being the numerous inventions which Gre
ated these miles Of workshops and the
towns Of East Pittsburgh. Swissvale, Traf-
ford and Wilmerding, and through them
TO nave poured vast wealth into Pittsburgh
and TO have increased the worlds capacity
for conouering nature. IT Is a greater thing
70 have done all this with honor and TO
have insured who knows how many lives
20 honorable achievement. This mans ca
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
INVENTION OF THE AIR BRAKE.

The story OF the invention Of the air
brake has often been told. but the first
authentic account was given by SIR West
inghouse himself in his presidential ad-
dress to the American Society of Mcchani-
cal Engineers a year ago. and al the re
quest OF the society itself II is by this
time not unfamiliar TO the publ In the
journal of the American Society of Mc-
chanical Engineers" for January, 1910.
biographical sketch OF the new president
appeared the was elected pre- ident FOR
that year.. In that account the various
steps ~ his career are traced. He VAS
born In the State Of New York on october
s. 1876 He Was trained I'm the pubic
schools. I'm Union College. I'm HIS fathers
workshop I'm the Civil War. and by actual.
practical contact with constructive work
throughout his youth. By the age Of
twenty-five he was famous. and fortune
began TO yield 10 him. But he has been a
hard and constant worker ever since.
The public. perhaps does not realize that
the air brake. with which II chiefly asso-
cistes his name - not only safety de-
vice. but Is al train operating device
which makes fpr economy I'm the actual
movement ana ndnGUns OF llaulT w
railroad men know II. and know that apart
from It's protective NPlue they could not
handle such trains as they do. nor In the
way they DO
Following tho discovery ~ natural gas IN
the Pittsburgh region Mr.. Westinghouse tn
vented system for controlling tho NO"
and conveying the gas over long anccs.
supplying fuel 10 the manufactures ana
houses Of Pittsburgh and vicinity. Along
with this work he developed his @as engine.
Later he introduced the Parsons steam 'ur-
bine into this country, adding 80 II I'm
proyements and developments II his own.
The latest invention which Mr.. NcstinS-
house has perfected Is the air spring FOR
automobiles, and. indeed, for every KIM
OF wheeled vehicle. II has added more 10
the ease OF motor riding than anything
since the introduction Of the pneumatic
tire II is a result OF years OF expert
ment Mr. Westinghouse has declared MS
belief that II is an invention OF no less
iuportance than the air brake Itself
ARTHUR WARREN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

The Edison Medal (gold) was founded
some years ago upon the Initiative OF an
organization known as the Edison Meoal
Association. composed of old associates ana
friends of Thomas A. Edison. Its purpose
is rot only to commemorate the fame ana
likeness of the distinguished man for whom
Il is named, but TO serve as a decoration
OF honor for those residents Of the Unite
states and its dependencies, and OF the 10
,0inion of Canada" who are recoghiZen
tv the institute having wen 1t Dy
..lner1torious achievement in electrical
science, electrical engineering, or the cle'-
trical arts" Only three men nave yet re-
ceived this medal Elihu Thomson, FRANK
! Sprague uhe pioneer in electrical ran
~av work. ard George Westinghouse NO"
the peculiarly interesting facts about thls
latest presentation are that Mr.. NesthB-
house is awarded the Edison MEDAL pc
cause of his "meritorious achievement III
connection with the development Of the al
tcrnating current system for IiSht ana
power" and that Edison himself. years ago.
fought with all his might against the intro
duction of the alternating current There
vas great commotion in the land. PUP
with pages Of discussion. Legislation
against the use Of the alternating current
was sought in many states The people were
asked TO believe that mysterious force
not only deadly but uncontrollaole was
about 10 be flashed in their communities 10
the peril of their lives and properties IheS
we're warned, for self-protections SAKE u
forbid It. But to-day the alternating Gu
rent does a vast amount, almost an incaIcu-
,stIe spoun, of the work Of the world. The
long distance transmission lines Woulo De
impossible without II. and the man whose
foresight, persistence and courage mace
this development possible has now receiver
the highest recognition that his county
can bestow for meritorious achievement III
a line in which the distinguished ieio"
citizen for whom the medal IS nameo wac
his most conspicuous opponent mus NV
the whirligig Of Time bring In his re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
sp,soNs EARLY OPPOSITION.

Edison said in 1.-THE North American he-
view" for November 1899 There Is no
pleq ,ohich toAI justify the use OF h'oh
tension and alternating currents, eitHeT III
O scientific or q commercial sense :
The electric lighting company whA ~"'c"
J am connected purchased some tin'e d9'
the patents for complete alternating SOS-
ten. and nv protest against this action can
BE- found on the minute book. Up 10 t"e
present time 7 haze succeeded IN inducing
them not 10 offer the system TO the pnohc'
nor tciH they ever do so NTH my consent
Ny personal desire WouLd DC TO pToh'oI. GU
nrety the use Of alternating currents
But on the evening OF Thursday, June 80
,sl2. in tie banquet room of the ho'e'
Somerset In Boston. during the annual con-
yention OF the American Institute OF hieo
trical Engineers, Elihu Thomson the fnoSt
distinguished of the scientific electricians Vi
our time, made the speech by which ''ie
Edison Medal was presented 10 MI
inghouse For Meritorious Achievement III
Connection with the Development OF '"e
Alternating Current System for Lght anu
Power There was of course. no echo o.
the old controversy. The scientinc ana g"
cheering battle, as everybody KNOWS
Fought out years ago. But 1t wouid DC u,'
natural " the victor receiving TINS "''N'0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

reer has heartened many worker. The
boy who in an upstate workshop In New
York dreamed his dream. labored at all
hours, mastered theory and practice and
made his dreams come true has, in his
sixty-six years Of life, built up character
as great as his fame and the industries
which bear his name He inspires loyalty
I'm all who are capable of loyalty; he looks
on the bright side of things, and II is char
acteristic of him that when affairs have
gone hardest with him he has worked
hardest and most cheerfully used his genius
as an inventor. The contests through which
he has passed since the panic OF 1907
have been bitter, and the shafts nave
pierced deep into his soul, but they have
not embittered him; they have on the
other hand added to the stature OF MS
superb integrity and have brought to MIN
tributes of admiration from men or all
classes and Callings. II the strife cost
him heavily and he parted not with par
ticipation in but control OF his greatest
company. the Electric, upon which MS am
btion was chiefly fixed, this victory OF cir
cumstance over him may have been out
temporary. as most men hope. There mas
been no victory over character and genius
Lord Kelvin once said to the writer
George Westinghouse is one of the great
contributors to human advancement. The
railway as we know it to-day would nave
been impossible without his work, and the
electrical development We know to-day
would have long halted without MS
daring and resourcefuness. He Is
great engineer and a great man. Suose-
duently the writer came To realize by years
# ascot Ton with the Westinghouse enter
pIises in America and Europe the truth
of the praise which Lord Kelvin had ut
tered in his home at Glasgow University.
There came years of Opportunity to STUDY
not only the inventions, but the inventor,
the qualities of the engineer and manu-
facturer, but to develop also an enduring
affection for the man. 1t was affection, too.
that was responsible quite as much as SCI
entific and engineering appreciation for the
demonstration of enthusiasm al the dinner
OF the Institute last Thursday. The several
hundred men then assembled gave spon-
taneaous expression to liking for the
man who has been so long a commanding
figure among the great engineers of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries Wealth
and fame have not marred him. power has
not made him nconsderate Of others. What
is. after all. a mans chief output-infuence
has been In his case always for good.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
Award Recalls the Fact That
Wizard" of Menlo Park
Fought Alternating
Current.

rANY honors have been conferred
MI upon George Westinghouse, so
lV1 many that a mere list of them
would be tedious to the general reader. AS
IN. years increase the honors multiply.
Last Thursday night, in Boston, at a din
,er following their annual convention, the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
presented Mr.. Westinghouse with the Ed
con Medal This presentation has popu-
lar as we'll as a scientific interest, for it
shows again how Time vindicates a great
man whose thought usually runs far in ad-
yance Of his contemporaries.