St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-22

Gnln Aim, a Chinese merchant or
st. Adams, have been sentenced
to spend the rest of their natural
lives in the state prison at Windsor
and were taken there last Thursday.
The body of an unknown man
was found on the river bank near
Essex Junction April 5. Much OF
Evans and also v. S. H. which lea
to the conclusion that the body
must be that of Charles e. Evans,
who escaped from Waterbury last
December. Although a sister, Mrs.
Fred Carpenter of NorthfieId, does
not think so, Supt. Grout claims
that it is. The man was probably
frozen to death.
The Vermont State Agricultural
society held its annual meeting in
Burlington April 8. The officers
elected were: President, H. o. Car
penter; vics-presidents, D. d. Bur-
dit of Pittsford, H. C. Cleveland
of Coventry and F. A. Drew; execu-
tive committee for one year, n. H.
Miller of Randolph, E. Selden, F.
w. Spaulding of Poultney; execu-
tive committee for two years, F.
H. Harrington, Fred L. Davis, G..
w. Brownell; executive committee
for three years, H. r. c. Watson of
Brandon, E. w. j. Hawkins, Arthur
Dewey of Bennington; financial
committee, F H. Harrington, II. o.
Carpenter, Fred L. Davis, r. H.
Harrington was elected treasurer
and G. M. Winslow secretary.
Miss Anna j. Stacy of East Berk-
shire was awarded $4,000 April 8
in the breach of promise case she
brought against Charles L. Dolan of
Burlington. Miss Stacy formerly
lived in Charlotte.
Fred t. Slack of Mortified who
was charged with writing a black
hand letter to J. Frank Severance
last December, was tried in the
United States court in Burlington
April and found guilty. He was
sentenced to Is months in the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta, Ga.
Because he objected to taking a
bath, Judson Sadler will pass 16
months at the house of correction,
Rutland. Sadler, who has been a
resident at the Rutland poor farm
for year, threatened violence to
Mrs. Peter Brousseau, wife OF the
overseer of the poor, because she
insisted that he scrub up. He is
70 years old. Sadler was arrested
on the charge of breach of the
peace and was sentenced to 16
months at the state institution.
David Cosgriff who has been buy
ing the garbage from the Hotel YER
mont has been sued by the Hotel Co.
to pay SITS, the remaining portion
of what he was to pay for the gar
bage. Mr.. Cosgriff claims that the
garbage he has been receiving is not
profitable feed for hogs. Among
other things he has found and re-
turned to the hotel, 108 dozen knives
forks, spoons, and butter knives, also
two barrels and a half of unbroken
dishes. Several of his hogs have
died from eating pieces of broken
glass. Counsel for the plaintiff
claim that these foreign articles got
into the swill by accident or mis-
take and that it was not adulterated
with silverware for the purpose of
defrauding Mr.. Cosgriff.
Divorce has been granted to Ethel
(DeBoer) Field from Edward D.
Field by Judge L. P. Slack in Wash
ington county court at Montpelier.
Custody of the two youngest children
is given to Mrs. Field, and the Oldest
to Mr.. Field. She will receive an
y
One thousand six hundred and
forty-two fires in Vermont, during
the year 1913 entailed property
damage of 1,328,567.95, according
to the report of the state insurance
department which has just been is
sued. In Caledonia county the fire
loss for the year ending December 81
1913, was $94, 323.95 from 1913 fires.
OF all the months of the year Febru-
airy was the most disastrous for the
state as the 154 fires meant a loss of
$1S7, 524.01. There were 227 fires
in July, but the loss was only $780,
The st. Adams Business and Pro-
fessional Mems association are plan
ming to celebrate the 100 years of
peace between the United States and
Great Britain on the fourth of July.
Committees will be appointed at
once to arrange for the celebration.
The board of school directors of
Stowe have engaged r. L. Chaffee
who has had charge of the Stowe
nigh school agricultural department
during the year to remain during the
to aid the farmers in Stowe.
10 stimulate an interest in agricul-
ture among the high and graded
schools, G. L. Mcmahon has offered
to furnish an eighth of an acre of
land and the fertilizer necessary for
each pupil who will undertake to
cultivate, raise the crop that he de-
sires, and market it. He also offers
a prize to the one who gets the most
money from his plot
The corporators of the Vermont
Anti-salOon league held their first
meeting for organization I'm
der the new charter in Burlington,
April IA. They voted to request the
next legislature to submit a law to
the voters which would bring about
a referendum on prohibition. They
maintain that since the IocaI-option
law which has been in effect for
twelve years has not proved al
together satisfactory, it would be a
good plan to try something else.
The BrattlebOro progressives have
announced that Colonel Roosevelt
will come to Vermont on a tour of
the state in the interests of the pro
gressive campaign.
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