St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-30
VERMONT NEWS
F. @. Williams Has Resigned as
Chairman OF RepuDEIcan State
Committee

Committee
AT a meeting OF the republican
state committee held at Montpelier,
last Tuesday afternoon, the resig-
nation of +. G. Williams
of Newport as chairman was
accepted with regret. Mr.. VIII
liams will remain the member from
Orleans county. Owing to the abb
sence of three members of the COM
mittee no action was taken toward
electing a chairman to succeed Mr..
Williams, and it is stated that no
meeting of the committee for this
purpose will be held until after the
special session of the Legislature.
Although no names were discussed
by the committee, it is known that
among those mentioned for the posi-
ton are II. G.. Barber of Brattleboro
and Earl S. Kinsley of Rutland.
Neither of these, however, would
make any comment on his candidacy.
In addition to Messrs. Williams, Bar
Der and Kinsley, the following mem
bers OF the committee were present:
M. f. Barnes OF Chimney Point, A.
III. Watson of White River Junction,
M. ID. Phelps of Barre, ]. G. Norton
of st. Adams, r. G.. yelling of Ben
nington, s. B. Waite of Hyde Park,
Porter II. Dale of Island Pond and
H. T. Baldwin of Wells River.
While excavating for a sidewalk
in Burlington last week James Tun-
ney found a gold ring with initials
which looked like B. ID. r. and the
date July s, 1916 on the inside. That
region of Burlington Is fraught with
historic interest and skeletons, brass
buttons and scraps of clothing have
repeatedly been unearthed. 1t. is
supposed that they are relics of the
war of 1912.
Temple Bros, whose marble mill
was burned at Rutland, July II, with
loss of $4,000 will rebuild, prob
ably a cement building and at least
one-third larger than the former
mill.
Mrs. s. A. Moss OF San Francisco
left three rings valued at $4,000 in
the dressing room of Hotel Vermont
and was lucky enough to recover
them. A woman from Chazy, N. Y,
picked them up and returned them in
response to the advertisement.
The third annual summer school
of forestry Will be held at the Down
er state forest in Sharon August ! 8
to %. The school is held by the
state forester in cooperation with
the University of Vermont. 1t is open
to men and boys over 16. Students
will sleep in tents and the sole
charge will be for board with the
superintendent of the forest. On
August 23 a field-day for parents and
friends will be held with public adj
dresses and an opportunity of inspec-
ton of the plantations.
Col H. w. Allen of Burlington
has received a silver medal of hand
some design from the governor of
Pennsylvania in token of his valuable
services, as representative to the
commission from the state of Yer
mont.
One of the largest chicken hatch
cries in the state is now in process
of erection in Burlington. The plant
will have a capacity of 5000 eggs in
the incubator and II brOoders will
take care of 1900 chickens. The in
cubator house will be heated by a
furnace and both the basement and
first floor will be of cement. The
owner, G. Frederick Jones will spec
ialize on Barred Plymouth Rocks,
White Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds
and White Wyandottes.
The annual encampment of the
First Infantry, V. N. G., will be
held at the state camp grounds near
Fort Ethan Allen, August Alb. 1t
is expected that Gov. Fletcher will
be present during the entire time. 1t
will be an old-time muster with eve
ming parade in dress uniform and
Governors Day. when veteran SER
vice medals will be awarded.
Miss Julia M. Richardson, II
years old and a lifelong resident OF
Manchester, died July %. She had
been a school teacher for 40 years,
having taught lis terms in her i'm
mediate neighborhood
Rev. Ray Andrews Chapman was
ordained pastor of the First COngre-~
gational church at Sharon on July
%. The sermon was delivered by
Prof Eugene w. Lyman of the
Bangor Theological seminary and
the address to the people by Rev.
G. H. Merrill of st. Johnsbury.
Daniel Crowley, known to nearly
everyone in Rutland as John Sulli-
van, died at the poor farm July %,
aged SO years. He had been a town
charge for 40 years. He assumed
the name of Sullivan when he de-
serted the union army.
Miss Vera Congdon, a Rutland
dentist, was fined SIS and costs for
careless driving and speeding of an
automobile last week. She was go
ing at rs miles an hour on a street
where many children were at play.
A section of the Green Mountain
Club has recently been formed at
Johnson. A. w. Stone was elected
President, and f. w. Hazen secre- |
tary-treasurer. The chaiTmen of