St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-01-07
VERMONT NEWS

II Ell III d On liz $780, -
when a gasoline stove exploded. E.
E. REYNOLDS photographic studio on
the same floor, the laundry Of John
H. Merchant. bakery of William I'll.
Holloway and fruit store of Augustus
Duri were badly damaged. Nothing
could be done to check the flames IN
this building, but the surrounding
buildings were saved. The loss eS-
timated at about $4,000 is fairly well
covered by insurance. The building
will be rebuilt.
DR.. Frank H. O'Connor age AZ OF
Brattleboro, died suddenly of heart
trouble, December 20. DIR. O'Con-
nor was a we'll known baseball pitch
er, both at the University of Vermont
where he was for two years and also
at Dartmouth where he was captain
of the nine in 1898 He was a grad
uate of the Long Island College hos
pital, Brooklyn in 1898 and did hos
/ pital work in ST. Mary's hospital in
New York. He then went to Bel
| lows Falls until 1904 when he went
/ to Brattleboro. His medical skill
and wide practice were marked.
! Some of the Rutland ladies enter
tanned about 175 of the poor people
mostly from the mountain districts
around there December 80. A good
dinner was served, presents given
from a Christmas tree, and concert
enjoyed. Most of the guests were
children.
Daniel Fish of Hydeville was SER
iously burned, December %, when
some gasoline used in thawing out
some ice exploded. causing his cloth
ing to ignite. Mr.. Fish Immediately
ran out of doors and by rolling in the
snow, eXtinguished the flames, but
not until he was quite badly burned.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert NJ. Allbee of
Bellows Falls celebrated their 68th
wedding anniversary, December 80.
Mr. Allbee is the oldest lawyer in the
state, being go years old the 18th of
last November. He IS a charter mem
Der of the Vermont Bar Association
and also a member of the Sons of the
American Revolution.
The 10Th annual meeting of the
Vermont Botanical club and the 18th
of the Vermont Bird club will be held
at the Williams Science Hall in Bur-
lington, January SO and 81. The
special features of the meeting which
are now planned are as follows
Presentation of plan for doing eco
logical work by local clubs on re-
GNl AOIC0 al Gao. OIudy ms al pAcAAACo
and birds appearing in those areas
in one year. Graphic report of ac
tivities of all local clubs in Vermont
during the current year. Discussion
on the Relation of Nature Clubs and
the Schools. The usual supper, Com
Elementary to visiting members, will
be served in Morrill, hall, Friday
evening. Roll call of clubs repres-
ented will follow, and the evening
session will be in the form OF an
address by some botanist Of note.
Through State Forester, A. F.
Halves of Burlington the state has
purchased q tract of about 400 acres
of land in the northwest corner of
West Rutland to be used as a state
forest. This gives the state about
1900 acres of Rutland county land
for timber raising.
William H. Cutting, age so, a
prominent farmer of Enosburg Falls
died very suddenly of heart trouble
December 20.
The Central Vermont Railroad
has been forced to take off four
trains owing to the depression in
business. These changes went into
effect January 4.
The fourth annual meeting of the
opened in Ludlow December 20.
Nearly all the farm buildings of
Joseph Erwin on the Sheldon road,
few miles from st. Adams were
burned, December 20. The cause of
the fire was unknown. 1t started in
the straw bay and spread to the other
buildings. One large barn was
saved. The loss is partly covered
by insurance
Dana H. Morse, one of Randolph's
prominent business men, died Dec
ember 20 after an illness of several
weeks. He was born in Braintree,
February II, 1887, but had spent the
greater part of his life in Randolph.
He was a former president of the
state Dairymen's association, a men,
Der of the state board of agriculture
for eight years and represented Ran
dolph in the legislature in 1904.
A fire in the mill of Curtin D.
Lease and Son of Jacksonville, Dec
ember %, caused a loss of about
SO, 900 for which there was insurance
for $500.
Sayles Nichols, one of Burlington's
most respected citizens died Decem-
Der 90. He was apparently all right
when he went to bed the night before
and was found dead in the morning
He was II years old. He was the
central figure in the prolonged and
fierce litigation instigated by the
heirs of the Peck estate. In Mason
ry he was a 33rd degree man and in
1891 he was crowned a sovereign
grand nspector-general honorarium
at Boston.
Two lives were lost in a fire which
Thursday destroyed a house owned
by DR.. George Adams of West Derby
and occupied by George E. Grow and
located near the mills of Clyde River
Pulp company. Mrs. Grow went to
the mill to carry Mr.. Crows dinner
and left the two children, aged four
and two, alone in the house, locking
the doors for safety. While at the
mill, fire was discovered in the home,
and before any help arrived the
house was in a mass of flames, so
that it was impossible to rescue the
two children. The scene was agoniz-
ing, as the cries of the children could