St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-26
VERMONT NEWS

days because of scarlet fever among
the students. One of the four stu
dents who is i'll with the disease is
Miss Fleda Hassam of East Hardwick.
The, Rutland railroad station at
Ludlow was destroyed by fire Thurs
| day.
| John H. Senter of Montpelier, a
well-known lawyer, died very suddenly
Thursday evening at his rooms. He
was born in Cabot, Nov. IL, 184S and
attended public school and the high
school at Concord. N. H. He taught
| for a time before studying law and
was admitted to the bar in 1879. He
| served as bank examiner under Pres.
| Cleveland, and was delegate to several
| democratic national conventions. He
was states attorney for Washington
county, mayor of Montpelier in 1898
| and 1899 and represented the city in
the legislature of 1906. He is sur
vived by five children, one of whom
is now fighting in France.
Building operations in Barre dur
ing 1915 aggregated $116,7O6. a total
| considerably less than 1914. The
amount included 10 new tenement
houses.
Mrs. Jane Hackett of Hardwick was
found dead in the cellar of the home
| of Fred Stanke Jan. Is, where she was
employed as housekeeper. Mr.. Stanke
went to the cellar to get some wood
just before leaving for work and found
her body. Death is thought to have
been caused by heart failure.
Charles s. billiard, aged IA, died
at his home in Wallingford from in
juries suffered from falling down
stairs. He served in the 10th Yer
mont regiment during the Civil war.
The Howe Scale company of Rut-
land has opened a branch Office and
repair shop at Atlanta, Ga, under the
management of w. Frank Daub, for
mer manager of the New York Office.
The new branch will serve the Caro-
linas, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
which were formerly looked after by
the New York office. The concern
now has IA offices between Portland,
Ore, and Boston, in addition to head
quarters in Rutland.
At a meeting of the officers of the
Maple Sugar Makers association and
some of the state officials at Mont
pelier last week it was suggested that
Mr.. Crockett issue a new edition of
the maple sugar bulletin which he
edited some time ago for the agricul-
tural college and that the state print
in coIors a pamphlet showing the diff
ferent grades of maple sugar and sy-
rup.
The sixth annual conference of the
Older Boys of Vermont held at Rut-
land, Jan. 16, was great success. Ray
Collins of Colchester, the Boston Red
Sox pitcher, acted as POSTMASTER.
Over 500 boys were given the freedom
of the city by Mayor B. L. Stafford.
George A. Pease of Rutland was elect
ed president of the conference.
Herbert 1. Stafford Of Readsboro
was accidently shot in Frontinac, Fla,
last week. He was dressing a deer
and the gun was laid in a wagon near
by. Some children lifted an eight
months old baby into the wagon and
the child somehow discharged the
gun. Mr.. Stafford who was about 10
feet away was struck in the back and
killed.
Alfred Albert, a Finlander of Wi
nooski, who stabbed Emile Hill att
their boarding house, has been SEN
fenced to not less than five nor more
than seven years at Windsor. His only
excuse was that he was under the in
fiuence of liquor when he did the stab
bling. Some of his thrusts were seri-
Gus but not fatal.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Historical society was held at Mont
pelier on Jan. IS. Resolutions on the
death of Joseph a. DeBoer were pre-
scented and it was voted to purchase a
portrait of him. The following Of
ficers were elected: President. ex-
Gov. w. w. Stickney of Ludlow; vice.
presidents, Fred A. Rowland of Mont
PETER, T. N. Vail of Lyndon, c. P.
Smith of Burlington; recording secre-
tary, p. s. Howe; corresponding secre-
taries, Dorman B. z. Kent of Mont
pelier and Walter H. Crockett of Bur-
lington; treasurer, Henry F. Field of
Rutland.
Walter Hollister, the 1e year old
Bennington boy who was shot with
peas by Charles P. Oatman while
stealing grapes from the latter's
premises and who lost his eyesight as
a result. will get $4,000 according to
a verdict returned by jury in Ben
nington county court last week.
John T. Cone who lived alone on
farm in Bennington was found dead
in bed Jan. Is by his nearest neighbor.
His body was frozen.
Charles H. Thompson of Waterbury
has been released from the State hos
pital after being confined for IL years. +,
He was found guilty of a statutory Of
Tense in 1903 and found insane.
Henry Fecto, professional chauf-
feur of Windsor, indicted by the grand
jury for the killing of Mrs. Emma
Rogers of Tunbridge last Oct. 20. was
found not guilty by the jury in Wind
sor county court.
At the annual meeting of the poll
cy holders of the National Life Insur-
ance company, Jan. IS, Clarke G.
Fits Of Brattleboro was elected direc-
tor in the place of Gen. J. G. McCul- |
Tough, deceased, and DR.. Arthur B.
Bisbee of Montpelier, vice j. A. De-
Boer, deceased. The directors whose
term expired, were reelected as fol-
lows: George Briggs of Montpelier,
Charles Gammons of Boston, Fred A
Rowland of Montpelier. Fred A
Rowland was elected president and +
H. M. Cutler e-president and treas
urere.
Morrisville may have a hospital If
the Woman's club accept the terms OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement F. Smith. The