Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-22
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

Driving his car into the Goss garage
early one morning last week, Alec Por-
ter, mail carrier found the dead body
of Albert E. Caswell. night watchman
at the garage. lying across the side
walk. Death was due to vaIvular
heart trouble.
Charles L ST. art has resigned as
town clerk and treasurer, also as
treasurer of the village of Lvn-
donville and of the LyndonviIle graded
school district. Charles D. Stevens.
the assistant town clerk for thapast
five years, has been appointed as Mr..
Stuart's successor.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Johns of st.
Johnsbury observed their 57th wedding
anniversary Friday. Their married
life has been spent on the same spot.
but not in the same house. their first
home being destroyed by fire 48 years
ago. For more than 40 years they have
been famous gardeners of the town.
Probably the Oldest person to attend
the St. Johnsbury fair this year was
James Gilfillan of Barnet, who will be
81 years old next November and who
has attended every fair since the pres
ent fair ground was established. He
drove his own team eight miles each
way and was accompanied by his sis
ter, Mrs. Belle Thayer, aged. 80.
Philip Franklin, driver for an oil
concern in st. Johnsbury. had narrow
escape from death Friday, when a
large tank auto truck was overturned
The road was slippery from rain and
the car skidded in going down the hill,
being tipped over against tree with
Franklin pinned beneath the top, which
was smashed, and the seat, but he
escaped without injury.
Charles F. Hersey of Hardw ok, has
donated 10 the Memorial bui ding in
was dug up in excavatirg near Bunker
dill monu nent in 1875, and hanc =
mallet. Embedded IN the mallet is {
bullet plainly descernible. The bullet
vas found IN a tree on Lookout noun
tain. block was cut cut Of the tree
and the malet resu ted. 1t is an inter-
esting relic Of the Civil war
F. w. Marshall and Mr.. Ward, ex-
perts from the United States depart
ment of agriculture, have been in
Lyndon with State Commissioner of
Agriculture E. S. Brigham of St.
Adams and George 7. Cbaffee, trus-
tees of the state agricultural school at
Lyndon, to look over the Vail school
farm, with reference to the suitable
production Of beef cattle and sheep.
1t is expected that in time one of the
outlying farms will be devoted to the
production of sheep and another to
beef cattle and potatoes.
Robert H. Wilson, a government in
spector at dam No IA, in the Ohio river
at New Martinsville, West Va. was
instantly killed Sept. II. Robert Viii.
son was the son of Homer G. Wilson
of Lyndonville and was % years old.
He graduated from Lyndon Institute in
1910 and from Norwich University,
Northfield, 1914. After his gradua-
ton he took government position as
inspector on the Ohio river project.
While examining a piece of work one
of the large concrete buckets crushed
him against the form, killing him in
stantly.
WEST BURKE
Miss Hattie Smith has been visiting
in Bradford.
Miss Edna Gray visited in East
Burke last week.
Mrs. Oscar Chesley of Lyndon has
been visiting at A. G. Ways.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Bishop have
been visiting in Williamstown.
Mrs. Mary Smith is staying with
relatives in Holland for time
Hiram Cleveland of Laconia, N. H.
visited at j. M. Smiths last week.
Mrs. Emma Way has been spending
few days with relatives in Lyndon.
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Colby and Anna
Francis Burke visited in Derby Line
last week.
Mrs. Clara Packard of St. Johnsbury
has been visiting at the home of Mrs
Ida Powers.
Frank Marshall of Boston has beer
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B
H. Marshall.
DR.. Plynn Bolton of Buffalo. N. Y.
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
G. w. Bolton.
The Woman's Club will meet will
Mrs. H. C. Colby on Saturday after
noon at the usual hour.
Elwood Thorn of Littleton, N. H.
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. K. w
Densmore during a part of last week
William Reardon and John Ryan O.
Port Chester, N. Y, were the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Roundy Thurs
day.
Mrs. B. M. R. Wiley and niece, Mrs.
Louise Briggs, of Brandon, were tn
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Ruggles
last week.
Miss Matte Watson of Montpelie
and Miss Addie Brown of Worcester
Mass, were the guests of Mrs. Sar
gent, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cobb. Mrs
Arthur Morse of Danvile and Nathan
iel Cobb of Rome, Italy, spent Frida.
! at Frank Wards