St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-09

Shaw of Montpelier, the ReV- AT
thur H. Bradford of Rutland, the
Rev. G. HI. Merrill of St. Johnsbury,
the Rev. E. P Treat of P1ttsford,
the Rev. Richard B. Esten OF Md
dlebury. The committee voted 10
solicit the aid of the Woman's Home
and Foreign Missionary societies In
the work.
1t was decided to hold meetings
at the following places, the dates
not yet being fixed: BrattleDoro'
Bellows Falls, Ludlow, Rutland
Bennington, Manchester, Poultney,
Brandon, Middlebury, Vergennes'
Burlington, st. Adams, Richtord,
Newport, St. Johnsbury, lsland.
Pond, Hardwick, Morrisville, Mont
pelier, Randolph, White River
Junction and Bradford.
John H. Wren was found guilty
liof murder in the first degree and
sentenced to Imprisonment for lie
at Keene, n. H., last week for the
murder of J. Stewart Hamilton of
Rochester, n. Y, at Hinsdale, N.
H, Feb. 5.
The goth annual midsummer
meeting of the Bird and Botanical
clubs of Vermont was held at
Townshend July 1 with an attend
ance of 35. Two excursions were
taken in spite of the extreme heat
and the meeting closed with trip
July 2 to CIRCUITS pond in Stratton,
where 21 members of the club re-
manned for a week.
| Herbert B. Chase of Lowell, 25
years old, was killed June 20 while
turning logs in Lewis LeClair's mill
! The edger belt broke and hit him
over the left ear crushing his skull.
He had been married only ten
months.
M. c. Burnett of Bellows Falls
was seriously injured July 1 while
working in his hay field. He was
thrown beneath his moving ma
chine and although no bones were
broken he was very badly cut
about the body and face.
Henry Ainsworth of Montpelier,
! so years old, and unmarried, shot
| himself through the head with a
rifle at the home of a nephew on
July 2. He had been in poor health
and had become demented.
The last coach on the eastbound
train on the ST. J. I. L. c.. from
Swanton left the track on the curve
below. the Johnson station Wednes-
day evening and blowing through
! the ties for eight rods turned over
on its side. Passengers were badly
shaken up, but none were seriously
I injured.
Fire at Castleton early on the
morning of July destroyed $685.
900 worth of property and threaten
ed to wipe out the entire business
portion of the village. The fire is
thought to have caught around a
chimney in the Reed block. When
the alarm was rung in at 1880 no
attention was paid as the noise was
thought to be a part of the celebra-
ton.
The Vermont Association for the
Blind has engaged a special teacher
for the blind of Chittenden county
He is from Cambridge and has had
experience at the Perkins Institute
There are 80 or 50 blind in that
county and some $50 in the state
The association plans to extend its
work to other counties in the state.
Montpelier had a $1,000 fire on
the evening of July when fire
gcrackers thrown by boys set fire to
the livery stable back of the ole
Exchange hotel. The stable was g
total loss but the contents were
saved.
Donald Houle of Winooski, II
years old, had his left leg cut of
July when he jumped from the
New England States limited as il
was pulling into Essex Junction He
had been stealing a ride and wher
he jumped he fell under the wheels