St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-07-21
VERMONT NEWS

The Roy Brothers of Barnet hav,
purchased the farm in Hardwicl
owned by l. w. Hill The place i
one mile from the village and is saiC
TO have one of the most valuabl,
TIMBER tracts in the state. Timber
aggregaung more than 100000
feet is to be developed by Roy Bros
who will begin operations at once
The deal involved $4,000.
The barn on the E. J. Grout farm
at waterbury was struck by light.
ming July 13 and a valuable OK hitch.
ed to load of hay was killed.
! year ago lightning struck the same
barn and killed an OK.
Lightning struck the garage OF
John w. Mum at Bradford July Ii
and burned it to the ground, destroy
ing all tools and one automobile.
me possibilities of asparagus cuI-
ture in Vermont are illustrated al
the farm of w. c. Renehan of Hart
FORD. Six years ago Mr.. Renehan
set three-eighths of an acre to aspara-
gus and the yield this season was S65
pounds. The prize bunch consisted
of eight nine-inch stalks and several
consisted of only nine stalks to the
pound.
The First National Bank of White
River Junction has begun the cree
ton OF line new block. 1t will be
OF brick with granite trimmings three
stories high. The frontage will he
80 feet and the depth IS feet. The
Odd FelloWs will occupy the third
floor.
Ernest Bushey of the Vermont In
dustr1al school was drowned in Otter
lCreek Thursday while trying to es-
fhn
IA years old and was committed from
St. Adams for breach of the peace.
He was of a melancholy disposition
and at one time tried to commit sui
eide.
Thomas F. Browne was drowned
at Burlington while in bathing Thurs
day. 1t is thought that he had
cramps as he made no outcry. He
is survived by his wife and seven
stepchildren.
The Montpelier Board of Trade
has taken steps toward the erection
of an opera house. A committee has
been appointed and instructed to
secure the option on a site.
The annual meeting of the trustees
of the Soldiers Home was held at
Bennington Wednesday. There have
been three deaths among the mem
bers of the trustees during the past
year: Gov. U. A. Woodbury. of Bur-
J lington, Gov. John G. Mccullough of
Bennington, and Gen. Levi G.. Kings
bury of Rutland. The vacancies
were filled by the election of G. D.
Williams of Burlington, Hall P. Nc
Cullough of North Bennington and
George w. Kinney of Rutland. Hugh
Henry was elected president, COM
pleting 20 years in that position;
Charles E. Beach, treasurer; E. J..
Ormsbee, secretary; III. T. Cushman,
auditor; DR.. L. H. Ross, surgeon,
and the Rev. P. L. Dow, chaplain.
Col. Thomas Harmon as superintend-
ent and Mrs. Harmon as matron con-
tinue in Office by permanent appoint
ment. The home has been operated
the past year inside the appropria-
ton. The present registration of
veterans is 68.
Henry Farnsworth, rs, died July
10 at his home in North Duxbury.
He leaves 10 children, 20 grandchild-
rem and three brothers.
Citizens of Hartford have raised
approximately $4,000 which they are
about to turn over to the Vermont
State Fair commission to be used in
the erection of a structure on the
fair grounds to be known as the pub
lie service building. 1t will contain
an auditorium, rest room, nursery,
hospital and operating room, infor-
nation bureau, and lavatories for
men and women.
An expert finds that certain sec
tions of the towns of Jamaica and
TOwnshend in Windham county are
as badly infested with grasshoppers
as any places in New England. The
expert and county agent agree that
what is needed for determination is
cooperation. If a farmer undertakes
to rid his fields of the pest he has no
assurance against clouds of them
coming to him from fields where no
preventive measures have been
taken. Some such plan of coopera-
ton could be carried out for a small
percent of what the farmers have lost
through depreciation
Arthur Dumas of Middlebury was
badly injured when the double team
he was driving ran away and the
heavy wagon passed over his body.
He will recover.
Rev. P. ]. Long, for several years
pastor of St. Dominic's church at
Proctor, has been transferred to
Montpelier to succeed the late Rev.
w. J. O'Sullivan.
There were four drownings in YER
mont on Sunday. Miss Gladys Mayo,
the adopted daughter of DR.. w. B.
Mayo, the representative from North
field in the last legislature, was
drowned in a pool in an abandoned
slate quarry as she was hurrying to
get home before a storm. Thomas
Silliman of Burlington, the young son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Silliman,
was drowned in Lake Champ1ain
while in bathing with some other
boys. Edward Williams, 6 year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams of
Manchester was drowned while in
bathing in a pond. 1t is thought he
had cramps. Kenneth Dodge of Nor
risville was drowned in Caspian Lake
while spending the day at Green's
boro. He was 20 years old and
would have entered the University of
Vermont this fall