St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-09-01
pfcINDoE FALLS
Very Profitable Observance of Old
Home Day for the Academy
Death of Isaac Bridg-
CT. D. Nichols, correspondent. }

CT. D. Nichols, correspondent
The eighth annual Old Home Day
of the McIndoes Academy Old Home
Day association, held on the Acad-
envy grounds August "a, was a great
success. Several hundred guests
were present fro mfar and near. The
exercises were held in the after
noon at $3.50, the speaker of the
day being the Rev. Stephen Good
year Barnes, Phi. D., d. D., Lift. D.,
Professor of Biblical History at Uni
versity of Vermont, who spoke at
some length on the function of the
home and other matters pertaining
to the celebration of Old Home
Week The Rev. G. B. Bliss, Phi. D.,
was chairman of the exercises and
first introduced the Rev. w. c.
Clark of Barnet who offered prayer.
Then followed a few remarks by
Prof NJ. A Gibson of the class of
1902, now head of the department
of German in the .Mercersburg Acad-
envy, Mercersburg, Pa. Remarks
were also made by w. J.. Nolan of
Concord, N. H., student at the
Academy so years ago. DR.. Barnes
address followed: Music was fur
nished by the Gilchrist band. The
annual meeting of the Alumni as
ISOLATION was held in the Academy
after the exercises and officers were
elected as follows: President, Mrs.
Jean Phelps, '98, of Barnet; vice
president, Miss Florence Gibson, IL,
of McIndoes; secretary, Miss Alice
Phelps of McIndoes; treasurer, Miss
Nellie Manchester, 80, of McLndoes;
executive committee, Rev. C. B.
Bliss, Phi. D., chairman, Percy Van
Dyke, II, Alice Moore, 700, Roger
Crane, '02, and Mrs. Inez Edgerton,
all of McIndoes. The ball game be-
tween the McIndoes team and a
team from ST. Johnsbury resulted in
a 10 inning 8 to victory for Nc
Lndoes. Dinner and supper were
served in the church vestry by the
ladies of McIndoes. The concert in
the evening by the st. Johnsbury
Trio, Mrs. James Cosgrove, soloist
and Miss Lawler, reader, was very
much enjoyed by all, between two
and three hundred attending. Ice
cream and cake we're sold and all
had a fine time. The receipts of the
entire day and evening amounted to
about $50 and the balance after all
expenses are paid will be about
500 to add to the treasury to be
used for the welfare of the Acad-
envy. The alumni voted at their
meeting to give $50 toward the
$1,000 fund which they are in hopes
to raise in the near future.
Isaac Bridgman, Phi. D., died at
the old Gleason home on Thursday,
August &c, of progressive shock due
to a slight fall from a tree which he
had been trimming. He and mem
bers of his family have spent many
summers in town since his marriage
to Mary Gleason in 1859, and since
Mrs. Bridgman's death in 1901, he
has spent his yearly vacations here,
where he was widely known and
highly regarded. His life as teach
er, after his graduation from Dart
mouth, at the head of his class in
1856, was spent mainly in Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mass, and in
conducting private schools in SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, and Cleveland, o. In the
Syracuse school especially he had
under his charge many men who
have since been prominent in the
life of that city, and who have al
ways paid tribute to his high and
lasting influence. Since 1888 he has
lived in Northampton, Mass, doing
some teaching and active in citizen
ship and in the church. He leaves
three children, who were all with
him at the last, Mrs. W. S. Stedman
of Holyoke, Mass, Prof. Walter
Bridgman of Lake Forest College,
Lake Forest, ILL.,, and John G. Bridg-
man of Wilkesbarre, Pa. A niece,
Miss Mary Gleason, of this place
formerly, lived in his house on High |
street since graduating from college.
The funeral was held at the home of
Miss Martha Gleason, Saturday af-
ternoon and he was buried beside his
wife in the village cemetery. Mr..
Bridgman has been a great help to
the community during his summers
here, being interested in the welfare
of the place, and will be very much |
Miss Attic Field has gone to Lyn-
don to spend some time at her
brother, Oscar Fields.
The questions for discussion at Po-
mona grange at this hall Friday eve
ming are as follows: what Is Prac-
tica1 Education?" and Agriculture
Fifty Years Ago Compared with To-
day"
Visitors in town for Old Home Day
were as follows: Mrs. G. A. Choate
and Claude Field from West Barnet;
G. D. Chase from Woodsville, Mr..
and Mrs. C. B. Chase of Wells River,
Miss Gibson of Lisbon, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Mcfarland of Barton, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. F. Sargent of South Rye
gate, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Warden
and Warren of Catskill, N. Y, Mrs.
Warden, Miss Warden and Mrs. AL
lie Gibson and child of Wells River,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Colby and
Miss Rosa1ie of Littleton, Raymond
and family of Bath, N.
H., Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Leighton of
Woodsville, Mrs. Fred Moore and
two children from Fairlee, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Guthrie and daughter,
Miss Nelson of Bath, N. H, Miss
No ny Wa1Iz Of Mrc Good