St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-03-08
VERMONT NEWS

Elroy Chase of Mortified has in
vented a granite saving machine
which it is estimated will do the work
of from rs to 100 cutters with hand
tools and at about one-third the cost.
The young inventor is a graduate of
Norwich university in 1903.
Collins Blakely, for many years a
druggist in Montpelier, died Feb. 26.
He was a S2nd degree Mason, past
grand high priest of the grand chap
ter of Vermont, past eminent COM
mander of Mount Zion commandery,
past potentate of Mt. Sinai Temple, N.
o. M. S., and at the time of his death
high priest and prophet. He was born
in Pawlet in 1887 and was graduated
from Union college in 1861. He eS-
tablished his drug business in Mont
pelier in 1879.
Rev. D. J. O'Sullivan of st. Adams
celebrated the 25th anniversary of his
pastorate at st. Mary's church on Mar.
1. He was presented a purse contain
ing between $1100 and $1,000. FIR.
O'SuIlivan was born in Winooski in
1858 and when IL years old was sent
to school in Montreal by the late
Bishop De Goesbriand He was or
dained priest at Winooski in 1875.
Mary Cano, the little two-year-old
of Barre, died Thursday as the result
of falling into pail of hot water the
Sunday before.
At the annual meeting of the YER
mont Fish and Game league at Bur-
lington last week officers were elected
as follows: President, J. w. Titcomb
of Lyndonville; secretary, Edward
Connell of Lyndonville; treasurer,
Charles Lowe of Montpelier; vice
presidents W. H. Warner of Yer
gennes, W. Fl. Bradford of Benning-
ton. NJ. r. Proctor of Proctor, N. w.
Fisk of Isle La Motto, H. J. M. Jones
of Montpelier. The executive COM
mittee one from each county follows:
Addison, w. r. Warner; Bennington,
F. E. Howe; Caledonia, w. J. Bigelow;
Chittenden, D. A. Loomis; Essex, H.
D. MARSHALL; Franklin. J. Gregory
Smith, Grand Isle, John Robinson; La
noble, ]. E. Stevens; Orleans, L. w.
Kinsley; Orange, J. F. Hale; Rutland,
John Dugan; Washington, l.. H.
Greene; Windham. H. c. Rice; Wind
sor. Charles Downer.
AS requested by himself, the dog of
Alvin P. Cummings of Montpelier was
buried with him last week. The dog
had been his only companion for
years. He was a cripple for "a of his
IA years and was a famous barrel
maker in the days when flour was
ground in Montpelier. He had rec
ord of 600 barrels in four weeks.
Leslie harrington of Woodsville
made an unsuccessful attempt to COM
NIT suicide Feb. &c. He and his wife |
had been having trouble and Earring
ton shot himself in the side of the
face.
United in life. Mr.. and Mrs. Jona-
than c. Emerson of Bristol were unit
ed in death. Mr.. Emerson died Feb
29 and Mrs. Emerson the next morn
ing. aged "a and 50 respectively. Both
had pneumonia.
George Gardner of Guildhall was
instantly killed Thursday near Bridg-
ton Junction. Me-, while walking on
the track He was IS years old and
buried his wife few months ago.
While attempting to clear away the
ice from his dam. Fred Crosby of Put
ney was swept away by an ice jam
starting and was carried over the
dam. He was rescued by his daugh-
ter and will recover.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
fled by G. F. Cerutti Of South Ryegate,
a granite cutter. He has liabilities Of