St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
VERMONT NEWS


class of K. f. Parlin at the Bellows
Falls High Scheel are to put their
training to practical use as they in
tend to build a grand stand on the
play ground. The village has APP
propriated $85 for the lumber for
the job. The boys will begin work
at once.
John CorcOran of East Fairfield
was quite seriously injured while
working on the state road in Bakers
field, Sept. &c. A stick of dynamite
exploded and he was struck by the
flying rocks, his skull being fractur-
ed
A disastrous fire broke out in Ad-
olson Sept. 80, when the large stock
barn of the estate of the late Mrs.
J. A. Merrill of Burlington was des-
troyed, together with the season s
crop of hay and 1000 bushels of
grain. The loss will amount into
the thousands.
Norwich University honored it's
dead cadet. Vernon S. Belyea, at
his funeral in Greenfield, Sept "a
The whole foot bali squad, Charles
III. Spooner, president of the univer-
sity and about $50 cadets in full
dress uniform accompanied the
hearse from the Baptist church to
the cemetery. Belyea was fatally
injured in the foot ball game which
Norwich played with Holy Cross at
Worcester recently.
The Vermont state corn show will
be held in Windsor November 3, 6
and Z, the third affair of this kind to
be in this state, in the Ken
nedy arena, very large build
ing. Among the special features this
year. will be the exhibits made under
the direction of the five county acvi-
cultural agents, by demonstrators,
and others interested in farm
management field studies and dem
ons -atiCl llot work, the grange de-
partment etc. An attract - program
and premium list will be mailed on
request by addressing the secretary
at White River Junction.
The Vermont Society, Sons of the
American Revolution is preparing to
dedicate marker in memory of the
fight at Persons farm in Shelburne,
March II, 1878. 1t will be a huge
boulder and have a bronze tablet.
The dedication will take place some
time the last of this month.
Between 80 and 40 persons are
camped in the woods east of Ben
nington harvesting ferns. Ship
ments are being made daily to stor-
age houses in Pittsfield and Hins-
dale, Mass, and New York. Ferns
this year are smaller and not so
numerous as usual because of the
dry weather.
Franklin Sylvester Henry of
Cleveland, Ohio has donated a sold |
ier's memorial monument to the |
town of Waterbury. This monu-
ment is to be of Barre granite and |
will have four United States stand
ard bronze tablets appropriately |
carved. Two of these tablets are
for names of the privates, one for
the officers and the other for the |
donor it will be dedicated next |
memorial day.
The 10th annual convention of |
the Vermont branch of Kings |
the first of last week. Definite ac-
ton was taken by the convention |
toward organizing the order in Yer
mont to do child welfare work. The
following officers were elected
President, Mrs. H. G.. Clark, of
Woodstock; vice-president, Mrs. A.
l.. Cross, of Swanton; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Jennie E. Braley, of
Brandon; recording secretary, Mrs.
G. e. Neurse of Rutland; treasurer,
Mrs. Lucy J. B. Burton of Ben
nington; auditor, Mrs. Emma L.
HARDWOOD of Bennington.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Frink, for
Is years a missionary of the Bos-
ton Seaman's Friend society, died
Sept. 20 in Brookfield where she
was visiting her brother. She was
6 0 years old and was buried in Swan
ton.
Gov. Fletcher states that Paul
Revere Henkel of New York who
had been making plans for the Bel
lows Falls armory will do no more
work for the state.
Over so delegates were present at
the annual meeting of the Vermont
Library Association which was held
in Woodstock October 1. Miss Eve
Ign f. Lease of Montpelier, president
of the association, presided at the
business meeting in the morning. At
the afternoon session the following
officers were elected: President, Eve
Ign S. Lease of Montpelier; vice pres
ident, George ID. Smith of Burling-
ton; secretary and treasurer, Eliza
beth G. Hills of Lyndonville. Miss
II. B. ShAttuck is vice president for
Chittenden and Addison counties.
There we're many interesting address