St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-11-10
VERMONT NEWS

EELAII1VIV4 1VAHO
BY a majority of 324 out of a total
Of 1,274 cast, Burlington last week
Tuesday rejected a proposed change
in the city charter as provided for by
the legislature. Only one-third of the
city's enrolment was out at the polls.
Theodore Cummings, his wife and
their two small children and Mrs. Ru-
fus Chase, all of Jacksonville, were
badly injured In an automobile acct
dent Wednesday at Hoods crossing.
Winooski, their car being struck by
the pilot on the engine of a Burling-
ton & Lamoille railroad train running
between Essex Junction and Burling
ton. The car was demolished. Mr..
Cummings sustained several fractures
of the right leg. Mrs. Cummings re-
ceived severe bruises on her back and
hips. Mrs. Chase had bruises on her
right side and cuts on her face. The
two-month-o child of the Cummings
family was injured internally and may
die Another child, two years old,
was not much hurt.
H. NJ Mcintosh of Burlington, has
received the appointment from Gov.
Charles w. Gates to the conservation
commission of flood waters in thus
state as provided for by act 240 of the
1915 session of the legislature. The
other members of the commission ap
pointed by the governor are ex-Lieuu.-
Gov. Charles H. Stearns Of Johnson.
and James A. Stacey of Hartford, who
represented that town in the last legis-
lature. The members of the commits
sion serve without compensation from
the state, and it is their duty to inves-
tigate and determine what locations
are feasible and most desirable for the
location of storage reservoirs within
the state to store and hold flood wat
ers, having in view the prevention Of
damage by flood and the benefit to
water powers developed and undeyaI-
Cped. Their report will be made to
the governor and general assembly at
its next regular session.
The Maple Hills Creamery Company
of Berkshire which was incorporated
recently with a capital stock of S=5.-
600 to run creameries, condensed milk
factories and powder milk factories,
has given notice that it will issue
100000 worth OF stock for severa
creamery plants in northern Vermont
including tie Crystal Falls plant at
Montgomery. the Rowse creamery at
Richford, including the real estate of
both, the Ma roy cream cry ut Berkshire
and also at Durham, P. O., Marcy
creamery at Richford and the CoomDs
creamery at Berkshire. The new con-
Germ will conduct the business Of all
plants. The owners are Leon ItoTse,
G.. W. Rowse, MeIvina d. Rowse, B.
D. Marcy, B. F. Coom!os a. r.
Col1is and B. H. Combs.
Miss Zoa Hathaway Townshend
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. J..
Townshend of Ludlow and Allen M.
Fletcher, jr., of Cavendish, son of .ex-
Gov. and Mrs. Fletcher, were married
last Wednesday evening at the home
of the brides parents by Rev. William
J. Ballou, pastor of the Congregation
al church. The bride was graduated
from Black River academy in 1914.
Mr.. Fletcher is a graduate of Williams
college. After a wedding tour Mr..
and Mrs. Fletcher will live in Ludlow.
William Wells, aged six years, the
son of William Wells of Mortified,
was run over by an automobile driven
by Edward Allen of Burlington Tues
day afternoon. The boy jumped off a
wagon and ran in front of the car,
which was going about eight miles an
hour, it is claimed. The car, which
weighs 5000 pounds, passed over the
boy. He was taken to Heaton hospit-
al, Montpelier, where he died late in
the afternoon of fractured skull.
Prof Emeritus Nathan Frederick
Merrill of the University of Vermont
/ died suddenly of dilation of the heart
last Tuesday. Prof. Merrill was born
Sc years ago at Charlestown, Mass.
His father was a teacher, After
studying at the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology he spent three
years in the study of chemistry at
Heidelberg, Leipzig and Zurich, re-
turning to America with his Swiss de-
gree in 1873. In succession he became
professor of chemistry at the medical
school of Boston university, assistant
in chemistry at Harvard and profess
sor at DeniSon university. Thirty
years ago he came to the University of
Vermont and entered into the life and
work of the institution. When his
active service ceased in 1914 he elect
ed to remain in the college quarters.
The Holy Name Society was organ
lied at a meeting of 200 male mem
bers of ST. Augustine's church, Mont
pelier, J. H. GOwdy, was elected presi-
dent. The society already has a mem
bership of ESQ parishioners.
AS Howard Eddy and his mother
were driving along the so-called Ri
ford brook road in Braintree, a bear
and her three cubs crossed the road
just in front of the team. The horse
had to be stopped to give the animals
time to cross