St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-27

the current rev IeeCs out mdu&SSu
to catch hold of stone. His COM
panion finally secured a ladder and
helped him out.
Miss Edith Blanchard of Montpe-
lier and her sister of Marshfield left
a suit case at the Montpelier station
one night recently When they came
to get it again they found that seve-
raj dollars in money and some of the
clothes had been taken from it.
The house and barn of William
Brooks near Rutland was burned to
the ground May 1t, with a probable
loss of $4,000.
Mrs. William B. Thayer of Ben
nington was instantly killed, May II,
near White Greek, N. Y. when she
was hit by a southbound train.
William and George Hemingway
of St. Adams we're drowned in the
bay May IT. The boat that they
were in tipped over when the anchor
was being pulled in.
Suit to recover $1,000 has been
brought by the Lalor Brothers, prop
rietors of the Bardwell Hotel of Rut-
land, against Miss Catherine Clark
of Springfield, Mass. The PLAINTIFF
claim that while the defendant was
bookkeeper during a period OF live
years beginning December 1, 1908,
the sum of $500 came into the hands
of Miss Clark and was not turned
over to her employers. The case is
returnable at the September term OF
Rutland county court.
The thirty-eighth annual conven-
ton of the Vermont State Dental So
ciety held in Rutland last week elect
ed the following officers: President,
Thomas Mound of Rutland; vice
presidents, w. H. McGofe of Mont
pelier, and H. M. Smith of Lyndon
Vile; secretary, P. NJ. Williams of
Rutland; treasurer, w. H. Munsell
of Wells River; executive committee,
g. Z. Partridge of Burlington, w. r.
Pond of Rutland, David Manson of
Burlington; delegate to national con-
vention, George o. Mitchell of St.
Adams; alternate, D. Z. bearing Of
South RoyaIton. The convention ap-
propriated a hundred dollars to the
national research fund.
At meeting of the Rutland school
board May 4, it was voted to raise
the salaries of all the teachers, at a
cost to the city of about $4,000.
Hereafter the salaries of the teach
ers will be raised according to their
merit and ability and not in accord
ance with their time of service.
w. T. White of Bennington slipped
on a wet stone while nshing, and
sustained a fracture of the leg below
the knee.
Mr.. and Mrs. George V. Parsons
celebrated their Goth wedding an
niversary at the home of their
daughter in Brattleboro, May 2. The
couple made their home in Newfane
for many years before going to live
with their daughter two years ago.
Mr.. Parsons is 81 and she rs.
Ex-Governor John G.. Mccullough
has recently presented Middlebury
College with $40, 1000, to be held as a
permanent trust fund, the income of
which is to be used for the upkeep
of the Mccullough Gymnasium.
Mrs. Leonard BergonZi of Barre
was held for county court on a
charge of furnishing and liquor
seized in her apartments May 1, was
ordered condemned. The testimony
of her 13-year-old daughter and that
of Carl M. Kendrickson led to the
raid.
Mrs. Anna Morris after wander
ing around Rutland aimlessly for
some time May 4, finally appealed
for help at the rectory of the church
of the Sacred Heart. She seemed to
be very daZed, not knowing her name
or where she came from. 1t was dis
covered that she had left her home
in Hudson Falls, n. Y, Sunday. She
has been taken back to her home.
Earle Kendall, while leading a
horse from his barn in Hartland, was
struck by the animal, which reared,
and was made unconscious. When
Mr.. Kendall recovered his senses, the
horse lay dead beside him apparently
from a fit.
Levi Swift of MiddIesex was ar
rested May on charge of cruelty
to animals. Although a well-to-do
farmer with a barn full of hay and
grain he allowed his cattle to subsist
on a minimum amount of feed until
they were in a terrible condition.
The Vermont supreme court have
decided that proposed changes in
fraternal insurance are not valid I'M
less the papers proposing the change
are received by the head Office of the
concern, even though the papers be
on their way at the time of the death
of the insured. This decision was
reached in the case of the Modern
Woodmen of America VS.. Lottie, Guy
and Carrie Headle. William Head
l0 WluOW lu0 OIlSlnd1 UGn0lGldIy
was awarded the $4,000.
The 18th season of Camp Abnaki,
the Y. NJ. G. A. camp at Hibbard's
Point, North Hero, will open June
25 and continue until August 81. 1t
is conducted by the State committee
of the association, Byron N. Clark,
state secretary, being camp director.
Mrs. Harriet B. Dodge of East
Montpelier the daughter of Samuel
Woods, a minute man in the Re
evolutionary war, who is said to have
been the only real daughter of the
Revolution, died at the advanced age
of go. Most of her life had been
spent in Montpelier. She had many
times been guest of honor at meetings
of the Montpelier Daughters of the
American Revolution.
There were 4,222 foreign students
in attendance at colleges and uni
versities in the United States in the
year 1918, according to figures just
compiled at the United STATES bureau
of education. This is an Increase of
XIII in W. Those ne re-