St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-10-13
VERMONT NEWS

It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" thought +. A Emerson of
Randolph Center, when in travelling
through Mortified gulf on the morn
ing following the recent big gale he
encountered a tree across the road.
from which II falling & large branch
had been torn, exposing a bees nest
in hollow within, from which Mr.,
Emerson gathered rs round of nice
money.
Miss Nina Gibson of Rutland is
the winner of a prize of 500 offered
by the Boston American to the per-
son finding the largest number of
small faces in large drawing of a
face. She received word of the
award on her 18th birthday.
The two year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Blumenthal of Winooski
was made seriously i'll by eating
grapes which had been dropped on
the floor on which rat poison was
sprinkIed. She will recover.
Springfield will entertain the state
convention of the Vermont Equal
Suffrage association on Oct. 20 and
Fl. Alice Stone Blackwell of Bos-
ton will be the principal speaker.
w. A. tombstone of Barnard has
found that there is more than one
way to start the wheels of govern
ment moving. He lives on Mount
Hunger and occasionally comes to
Woodstock with load of vegetables,
starting at three in the morning.
The road over which he comes is so
rough and dangerous that he has
been forced to lead his horse down
the worst of the hill. He appealed
to the road commissioner without
relief and at last tried the effect of
little printers ink These flyers
were scattered through Barnard.
reading as follows: Notice, Special
Town Meeting Requested, to see if
the Town of Barnard will furnish
the People of Mount Hunger, Bal
looms or Flying Machines, so the
People can go to town and return
safely as the road is dangerous for
travel. (Signed) w. A. tombstone.
The road was repaired at once.
The First Congregational church
of st. Adams has voted to federate
with the Congregational church at
Georgia. The membership of the
Georgia church has become depleted
and the church has been without a
pastor for a year. The cIergymen
of the two churches will be associate
pastors.
Alfred B. Wheatley, for over 20
years a section man for the Central
Vermont at Essex Junction, was kill
ed Thursday by being run over by
the Burlington and Lamoille train
He was 81 years old and is survived
by his wife, three daughters and one
son.
At the 18th annual meeting of the
Vermont State Firemen association
at Burlington Wednesday, officers
were elected as follows: President,
G. A. Niles of Burlington; first vice
president, C. A. Hastings of Ludlow;
second vice-president, P. S. Gunther
Of Winooski; third vice-president,
Harry Tollerton of Chester; fourth
e-president, C. A. Barber of Wi
nooski fifth vice-president, J. H.
DonneIly of Vergennes; secretary, E.
D. Moore of Bennington; treasurer,
L. c. Grant of Burlington; executive
G. B. GIadding of Barre,
A. w. Pattee of Montpelier, j. Fl.
Holleran of Winooski, c. D. Stock
we'll of Burlington, F. H. Guerin
Of st. Adams; auditors, Leo Affair of
w. P. Powers of Burling-
ton, E. M. Tobin of Barre; statisti-
clan, C. F. Rich of Middlebury.
An Otahide orange tree owned by
E. Straw of Stowe, is about
Is years old and about two feet high.
For, a greater part of the time it
bears ripe fruit, green fruit, and
blossoms at once. At one time last
spring it bore 225 buds and blossoms.
1t now bears one ripe orange the
size of a peach, and a dozen green
ones the size of plums, and many
small oranges, buds and blossoms.
The blossoms are very fragrant. The
ripe fruit is insipid.
Nineteen head of cattle belonging
20 Roy Harris of Middlesex, affected
with bovine tuberculos, were shipped
with bovine tuberculosis were shipp-
I'd to the rendering plant at Burling-
on recently. Mr.. Harris herd of Fl |
we're tested a few days ago by DR.. J.
J. Whitney and all excepting two |
we're condemned.
The Vermont Bar Asso citation
elected officers Wednesday as fol-
ows: President, John w. Gordon of
Barre; vice-presidents, Edmund G.
Mower of Burlington, Bert L. Stat |
ord of Rutland, David S. Conant of
Bradford; board of managers, the
president ex-officio, George l.. Hunt |
If Montpelier, F. G. Archibald of
Manchester, Harry w. Writers of St.
Warner A. Graham of |
Bellows Falls; secretary, ]. III. Mimms |
If Burlington; treasurer, E. M. Har
rey of Montpelier; librarian, J. FL. /
Iimms. The delegates to the |
American bar meeting are j. x.
3atchelder of Arlington and FL. G. /
Barber of Brattleboro. The delegate
o the Montreal bar is J. II. Senter of
Iontpelier