St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-01
VERMONT NEWS
Danger That River May Rum Around
The Big Dam at Vernon


Danger That River May Rum Around
The Big Dam at Vernon
There has been trouble lately at
the big Vernon dam at BrattleboroI
by the rivers trying to flow around
the dam instead of over 1t. The dam
is near Cooper's Point and when it
was built there were several humid
red feet of the point and now at
the narrowest point the distance
across is only SO feet. Refuse will
be dumped there and it may be nee
essary to build a permanent dam at
right angles to the present one.
Work on the Boston and Maine
freight house at Brattleboro has
been discontinued. The contractors
had been working about a week and
it is understood there was some mis-
understanding in that it was not to
be built until certain agreements be-
tween the two railroad companies
had been adjusted. 1t is thought
now that no work will be done until
spring.
Mrs. Mary Gould of st. Adams,
/ Is years old, fell from a back YER
anda at the home of her daughter on
Dec. % and probably died instantly.
She was emptying pan of water
and fell striking her head.
An unknown Italian was found
dying beside the track of the Rut-
land railroad on the evening of
Dec "a Mail in his pocket was ad-
dressed to Charles Margett. He and
two fellow countrymen started tc
| walk to Belden's and no more was
seen of them until the body was
found.
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Bankers Association
will be held at Rutland, Feb. 21st,
1913.
Thomas Rowland, a Brandon car
penter, has been arrested on a
charge of extortion. 1t is under
stood that he obtained $1,000 in pay
ment from the wife of James Vel
den, a prominent coal dealer OF
Brandon. He had been doing some
carpentry work for the Weldens and
the story goes that he had threaten
ed to start a scandal unless money
was paid him.
Rita Ladue, the IL years old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Ladue of Burlington, and an aunt
who was occupying the room with
her had a narrow escape from death
by gas Christmas morning. 1t was
several hours before the girl was
brought back to consciousness and
it was three o'clock in the Afternoon
when the aunt was revived. A gas
heater in the room caused the
trouble as in some unknown manner
a. Jet became turned on and the gai
is supposed to have been flowing in
> to the room large part of the night
J. L. Gibbs of Deweys Mills hal
Just received an order from Wells
New, for 100 pounds of Vernon
maple sugar. After the freight il
paid the sugar will cost about 81
!, q hundred pounds.
A house belonging to Manual Cas-
no of Barre lost it's tail Dec. 2, thu
: animals brush being set on fire b.
I some mischievous persons. Tn
horse was in the stable at the time
the smoke from the burning hal
attracting attention.
George Walsh of Rutland, ha
signed a contract with the Boston
Red Sox for next season and will
!. leave for Hot Springs for practic
March 1.
: During the year just closing Bur
lington has experienced a decide
building boom. Carpenters, con
> tractors, and architects have bee
= very busy, and while no large build
ings were erected there have bee
!. large number of residences an
: apartment, or fat, houses complete
" and the prospects for the comm
. year are equally good.
: William Burke of Fair Haven wa
: first arrested for robbing freigh
: car and being a principal in free
! for-all fight in the streets, but tn
. village Jail proved too frail to hol
him. He crawled through hole i
the floor into the basement and s
. out, but was caught and put int
another cell. In the morning h
4 was gone again but his method @
: escape nearly cost him his life. H
i managed to squeeze through a.
\ opening not more than 10 inche
4 across and worked his way to tn
cellar. His shoulders stuck and h
q hung suspended until he was a.
, most exhausted. In the cellar h
= found an axe with which he choI
! ped his way to the roof.