St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-11-18
VERMONT NEWS

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the following officers we're elected:
Mrs. H. A. Harmon, Rutland, pres
ident; vice-presIdents, Mrs. J. b.
Estee, of Montpelier, Mrs. Z. B.
/ Huling, of Bennington, Mrs. t. N.
Vail, Of Lyndon, and Mrs. M. d.
Chittenden, of Burlington; secre-
tary, Mrs. w. N. Ross, Of Rutland;
organizer, Mis-. F. G. Swinnerton,
of Rutland.
A stubborn fire destroyed the Nc
Lellan block at Barre Thursday
morning. The damage aomunted to
$4,000. The origin of the fire is
said to be no more explainable than
some of the other fires that have
occurred in the city of late. The
heaviest losers were Nichols & Son,
groce.s. Several living in apart
ments on the upper floors had diff
iculty in escaping.
Ezra Harrington of South Shafts
bury was lost in the woods from
Sunday morning until Tuesday night
when he showed up nearly famished
and exhausted but with no other ill
effects. He has trapped fur on the
mountains for many years and has
been lost before. He had to walk
all Sunday night to keep from freez-
ing.
Mrs. Joseph Martin of Rutland
was held up at the door of her own
house Friday by a man who asked
for food and money and when the
latter was not forthcoming pointed
a revolver at her. The woman had
no money and after following her
around the house while she showed
him she had none hidden away he
finally eflt.
BY order OF the secretary of the
treasury the deputy collector of Gus
toms at Alburg and the messenger at
Burlington have been abolished and
the salaries of the officers at East
Franklin and Richford have been
reduced from $40 to $500 per an
mum. The vacancy caused by the
resignation of one of the men at st.
Adams will not be filled and it is
expected that the force in the dis
trict will be further reduced owing
to the slackness in business.
A new industry in Rutland has
been started by the Creamery Pack
age Co. 1t consists of the furnish
Ing Of round coal bins or silos for
retail yards to take the place of
the old-fashioned coal pocket or
dock. This form of coal storage pro-
vides larger capacity for the money
invested and is a more convenient
method of handling the coal.
Mrs. H. B. ellison of Quechee, from
her automobile in Williamstown
gulf, shot a 20O-pound buck. She
and her husband cove: ed 100 miles
In their car hunting for deer. Mrs.
ellison shot the deer through the
heart while the men in the car were
reaching for their guns.
Charles H. Lalor, proprietor of the
Ba; dwell hotel in Rutland, has
erected a dove cote and flying yard,
100 feet long with a height of SO
feet and has installed 40 yellow-eyed
southern doves for the purpose of
squad raising. Mr.. Lalor has made
q study of doves and squads and be-
lleves he will be successful in rails
ing the southern variety in Vermont
In spite of the rigors of the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Phelps
Of Dorset observed their 62nd wed |
ding anniversary on Nov. 10. Mr..
Phelps is S8 and his wife 50 years
old.
Mrs. Mary E. Johnson. who was
serving time for forgery, escaped
from the house of correction on Nov. |
and no trace of her has been found. |
she was sent to bring in some clothes
from the line but did not rein. n
She must have had assistance but |
her husband and daughter who were
n Rutland at the time claim to |
nave no knowledge of her where
abouts.
Amos w. Town of Stowe, So years
Did, was found dead in he'd Nov. 5.
He was a 32nd degree Mason. and
. veteran of the Civil war, having
served in Company E, 18th Vermont.
and was in the battle of Gettysburg.
Prof. Albert Smith of the depart
nent of commerce of the Tuck
school, Dartmouth College, will use
Bellows Falls for a sort of experi-
nent station for the men in his de-
Dartment. An Office will be estab-
ished and Prof. Smith will spend
he time from Friday until Monday
1evoting his time to studying con-
1itions, civic, commercial and indus
rial. His Expenses will be paid by
/ citizens organization.
The standing committee of the
Episcopal diocese of Vermont has
called a convention to meet in st.
Adams on January 20, 1915, to elect
4 successor to the late bishop coad-
1tor, Ri. Rev. William Farrar
Weeks.
George Kennedy Of Duxbury shot
d young bear recently near Cancels
Hump. 1t was a handsome creature
about year old and weighed rs
pounds.
Fire at Bellows Falls, Nov. IL,
damaged the new addition to the
Congregational Church to the extent
If $4,000. The dedicatory exercises
had been planned for the following
Sunday. The church edifice itself,
vas damaged by smoke and steam.
The Bellows Falls Woman's Club
which held its meetings in the vestry
Ind the woman organizations of the
church lost their dishes and table
Miss Marion Judd of Georgia, Is
Fea. s old, died Nov. IL. from the eff